Cape Mole Rat Small 320×185 Medium 640×370 Large 1024×592 Download TIFF Original 2400×1387 | (1.3 MB) Description The Cape Mole Rat (Georychus capensis) is a rodent in the Bathyergidae family of blesmols and was also known as the Cape Sand-mole. Keywords Bathyergidae, blesmol, cape mole rat, Cape Sand-mole, Georychus capensis, mammal, rodent Galleries Mammals: M-N Source: William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)