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Molerats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia) in South African National Parks: notes on the Taxonomic "isolation" and Hystricomorph Affinities of the family
Koedoe | Vol 22, No 1 | a653 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v22i1.653
| © 1979 G de Graaff
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 02 December 1979 | Published: 02 December 1979
Submitted: 02 December 1979 | Published: 02 December 1979
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G de Graaff, National Parks Board, South AfricaFull Text:
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The history of classification ofAfrotropical molerats is reviewed and an assessment is made of the supposed taxonomic "isolation" of the molerats (bathyergids) by considering morphological features in the skull, post-cranial skeleton, reproductive organs and myology which collectively point to hystricomorph affinities in contrast to a myomorph relationship which is often postulated.
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