Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents Family Bathyergidae Waterhouse, 1841 - African mole-rats Genus Heliophobius Peters, 1846 - silvery mole-rat 1 Heliophobius argenteocinereus Peters, 1846 - silvery mole-rat 2 Heliophobius spalax - Thomas' silvery mole-rat see Heliophobius argenteocinereus Peters, 1846