The Cape mole rat (Georychus capensis) is a species of mole rat endemic to South Africa. It is the only living species in the genus Georychus.
Read more about Cape Mole Rat: Description, Distribution and Habitat, Behaviour, Reproduction
Famous quotes containing the words cape, mole and/or rat:
“Wishing to get a better view than I had yet had of the ocean, which, we are told, covers more than two thirds of the globe, but of which a man who lives a few miles inland may never see any trace, more than of another world, I made a visit to Cape Cod.... But having come so fresh to the sea, I have got but little salted.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“For like a mole I journey in the dark,
A-travelling along the underground”
—John Davidson (1857–1909)
“When a rat crosses a street, everyone shouts and beats it.”
—Chinese proverb.