Cape Dune Mole-rat

Bathyergus suillus (Schreber, 1782) — also called Cape Dune Blesmol, Large Cape Dune Mole-rat, Cape Dune Mole Rat. Occurrence records of the Cape Dune Mole-rat are shared on GBIF from around 40 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all False Bay Nature Reserve (67 records), in 2 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernBathyergidae

40reserves with records

507records around them

2provinces

LCIUCN category

Cape Dune Mole-rat (Bathyergus suillus) — Photo: Daderot · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	67
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	59
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	57
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	49
Tokai ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	45
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	30
Raapenberg Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	30
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	25
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	20
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	14
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	9
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	7
Haasendal Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	7
Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	6
Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	6
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	6
Wilderness National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	5
Boland Mountain ComplexProtected area	WC Western Cape	5
Agulhas National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	5
Platbos Forest ReserveForest reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Tienie Versveld Wildflower ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	4
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	4
Tienie Versfeld Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Koeberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3
Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	3
Pauline Bohnen Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3
!Khwa ttu Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3
Darling Renosterveld ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Wild Rescue Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Cape Columbine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
SAS Saldanha Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	2
Gondwana Game ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	2
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	2
Hottentots-HollandProtected area	WC Western Cape	2
Waterloo Farm lagerstätteProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	2
Greyton Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	2

By province

Western Cape: 39 reserves
Eastern Cape: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Bathyergidae
Scientific name: Bathyergus suillus
GBIF taxon: 2437222
Wikidata: Q302159

More of the Bathyergidae family

Southern African Mole-rat Cape Mole-rat

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.