Tissue Oxidative Ecology along an Aridity Gradient in a Mammalian Subterranean Species
Antioxidants, 2022 Climate change has caused aridification which can alter habitat vegetation, soil and precipitation profiles potentially affecting resident species. Vegetation and soil profiles are important for subterranean mole-rats as increasing aridity causes soils ...
Paul J. Jacobs +7 more
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Adult neurogenesis and its anatomical context in the hippocampus of three mole-rat species
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2014 African mole-rats (family Bathyergidae) are small to medium sized, long-lived and strictly subterranean rodents that became valuable animal models as a result of their longevity and diversity in social organization.
Irmgard eAmrein +6 more
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Osmoregulation in African mole-rats : an evaluation of water retention abilities in a subterranean rodent family [PDF]
, 2023 Dissertation (MSc (Zoology))--University of Pretoria, 2023.Subterranean mammals inhabit and thrive over a range of environmental aridities and, as such, are exposed to varying water availability, which they obtain through their diet of underground ...
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Relic populations of Fukomys mole-rats in Tanzania: description of two new species F. livingstoni sp. nov. and F. hanangensis sp. nov. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Previous studies of African mole-rats of the genera Heliophobius and Fukomys (Bathyergidae) in the regions of East and south central Africa have revealed a diversity of species and vicariant populations, with patterns of distribution having been ...
Chris G. Faulkes +3 more
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Naked mole-rats lack cold sensitivity before and after nerve injury
Molecular Pain, 2020 Neuropathic pain is a chronic disease state resulting from injury to the nervous system. This type of pain often responds poorly to standard treatments and occasionally may get worse instead of better over time.
Sandra J Poulson +7 more
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Dental peculiarities in the silvery mole-rat: an original model for studying the evolutionary and biological origins of continuous dental generation in mammals [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Unravelling the evolutionary and developmental mechanisms that have impacted the mammalian dentition, since more than 200 Ma, is an intricate issue. Interestingly, a few mammal species, including the silvery mole-rat Heliophobius argenteocinereus, are ...
Helder Gomes Rodrigues, Radim Šumbera
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Influence of spatial environment on maze learning in an African mole-rat [PDF]
Animal Cognition, 2012 In subterranean species where excavation is energetically expensive, efficient spatial navigation is vital to reducing the costs of locating important resources such as food and mates. While spatial navigational ability is positively correlated with sociality in subterranean mammals, we have a less clear understanding of the role of habitat complexity ...
Du Toit, Lydia +3 more
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Data for Subterranean life-style does not limit long distance dispersal in African mole-rats
, 2022 Data and R code to analyze dispersal distances in subterranean and surface-dwelling rodents.
Hanna M. Bensch (5017460) +3 more
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Light perception in two strictly subterranean rodents: life in the dark or blue?
PLoS ONE, 2010 BackgroundThe African mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia) are strictly subterranean, congenitally microphthalmic rodents that are hardly ever exposed to environmental light.
Ondrej Kott, Radim Sumbera, Pavel Nemec
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Heat dissipation in subterranean rodents: the role of body region and social organisation
Scientific Reports, 2021 The relatively warm and very humid environment of burrows presents a challenge for thermoregulation of its mammalian inhabitants. It was found that African mole-rats dissipate body heat mainly through their venter, and social mole-rats dissipate more ...
František Vejmělka +6 more
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