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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theinfraorder Phiomorpha — theblesmols ormole rats .
Etymologies
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The African mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia) are strictly subterranean, congenitally microphthalmic rodents that are hardly ever exposed to environmental light.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ondřej Kott et al. 2010
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The African mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia) are strictly subterranean rodents endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ondřej Kott et al. 2010
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The African mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia) are strictly subterranean, congenitally microphthalmic rodents that are hardly ever exposed to environmental light.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ondřej Kott et al. 2010
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_Aspalacidae_ and _Bathyergidae_; all included in the MURIDAE; and the _Caviadae_, _Octodontidae_, and _Hydrochoeridae_, belonging to the HYSTRICIDAE "( 'Mammals of India,' p. 164).
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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