Bathyergus Illiger, 1811

Bennett, Nigel C., Faulkes, Chris G., Hart, Leanne & Jarvis, Jennifer U. M., 2009, Bathyergus suillus (Rodentia: Bathyergidae), Mammalian Species 828 (5), pp. 1-7 : 1

Bathyergus Illiger, 1811

Mus: Schreber, 1782:715 . Part, not Mus Linnaeus, 1758 .

Marmota: Thunberg, 1788:293 . Part, not Marmota Blumenbach, 1779 .

Bathyergus Illiger, 1811:89 . Type species Mus maritimus Gmelin, 1788 [5 Mus suillus Schreber, 1782 ] by original designation.

Orycterus Cuvier, 1829:481 . Type species Mus maritimus Gmelin, 1788 [5 Mus suillus Schreber, 1782 ] by original designation.

Bathyergus suillus intermedius Roberts, 1926:261 . Type locality ‘‘ Klawer , Cape Province,’’ South Africa.

Bathyergus suillus: Roberts, 1926:261 . First use of current name combination.

CONTEXT AND CONTENT. Context as for genus. B. suillus is considered monotypic (De Graff 1981).

NOMENCLATURAL NOTES. The generic name Bathyergus (Greek) , means deep digger. The specific name suillus derived from the Latin sus describes the pig-like appearance CONTEXT AND CONTENT. Order Rodentia , infraorder Hystricognathi , family Bathyergidae , subfamily Bathyerginae . Bathyergus is polytypic. Two species are currently recognized (Woods and Kilpatrick 2005).