Blesmol
| Blesmols Temporal range: | |
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| Silvery mole-rat | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Parvorder: | Phiomorpha |
| Family: | Bathyergidae Waterhouse, 1841 |
| Type genus | |
| Bathyergus Illiger, 1811 | |
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| Bathyergidae distribution | |
The blesmols, also known as mole-rats or African mole-rats, are burrowing rodents of the family Bathyergidae. They represent a distinct evolution of a subterranean life among rodents much like the pocket gophers of North America, the tuco-tucos in South America, and the Spalacidae from Eurasia.