Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents Family Bathyergidae Waterhouse, 1841 - African mole-rats Genus Bathyergus Illiger, 1811 - dune mole-rats Bathyergus janetta Thomas & Schwann, 1904 - Namaqua dune mole-rat