A higher-taxon approach to rodent conservation priorities for the 21st century [PDF]
, 2003 Although rodents are not considered among the most threatened mammals, there is ample historical evidence concerning the vulnerability to extinction of several rodent phylogenetic lineages.
Amori, G., Gippoliti, S.
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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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Seasonal temperature acclimatization in a semi-fossorial mammal and the role of burrows as thermal refuges. [PDF]
, 2018 Small mammals in habitats with strong seasonal variation in the thermal environment often exhibit physiological and behavioral adaptations for coping with thermal extremes and reducing thermoregulatory costs.
Camp, Meghan J +7 more
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Brief communication: Hair density and body mass in mammals and the evolution of human hairlessness [PDF]
, 2013 Humans are unusual among mammals in appearing hairless. Several hypotheses propose explanations for this phenotype, but few data are available to test these hypotheses. To elucidate the evolutionary history of human “hairlessness,” a comparative approach
Sandel, Aaron A.
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Editorial: Recent advances in the ecology and evolution of the Bathyergidae
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Stan Braude +3 more
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Variation in the helminth community structure in spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) from four montane wadis in the St Katherine region of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt [PDF]
, 2004 We compared helminth communities in spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) from 4 wadis in the arid montane region of the southern Sinai in Egypt, in a 4-week period in late summer.
Bajer, Anna +12 more
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Phylogeny, Ecology, and Gene Families Covariation Shaped the Olfactory Subgenome of Rodents. [PDF]
Genome Biol Evol, 2023 Courcelle M, Fabre PH, Douzery EJP.
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African small mammals = Petits mammifères africains [PDF]
, 2001 Banke, J., Mess, A., Zeller, U.
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Longevity of a solitary mole-rat species and its implications for the assumed link between sociality and longevity in African mole-rats (Bathyergidae). [PDF]
Biol Lett, 2022 Dammann P, Šaffa G, Šumbera R.
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Bite force in the African Fukomys mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia). [PDF]
, 2010 C
Adriaens, Dominique +4 more
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