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title: "Cape Dune Molerat"
description: "Bathyergus suillus — Mamíferos. The Cape dune mole-rat (Bathyergus suillus) is a species of solitary burrowing rodent in the family Bathyergidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/cape-dune-molerat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cape Dune Molerat

> Bathyergus suillus — Mamíferos. The Cape dune mole-rat (Bathyergus suillus) is a species of solitary burrowing rodent in the family Bathyergidae.

- Scientific name: *Bathyergus suillus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1020
- Wikidata: [Q302159](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q302159)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43759](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43759)

## Names

- en: Cape Dune Molerat
- de: Kapstrandgräber
- es: Rata topo de las dunas del cabo
- nl: Kaapse duinmolrat
- pl: Kretoszczur olbrzymi

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (826)

## Summary

The Cape dune mole-rat (Bathyergus suillus) is a species of solitary burrowing rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is endemic to South Africa and named for the Cape of Good Hope.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_dune_mole-rat

## Photo

![Cape Dune Molerat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cape-dune-molerat/medium.jpg)

Photo: flamelily · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/226670970

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cape-dune-molerat?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).