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Emmonsiosis of subterranean rodents (Bathyergidae, Spalacidae) in Africa and Israel

Medical Mycology, 2005
The presence of adiaspores of the fungal genus Emmonsia was examined in the lungs of 85 mole rats representing 3 subterranean genera: blind mole rats (Spalax galili and S. golani) from Israel, Ansell's mole-rats (Cryptomys anselli) from Zambia, and silvery mole-rats (Heliophobius argenteocinereus) from Malawi and Zambia. Emmonsiosis was found in 28% of
Hubalek, Z., Burda, Hynek, Scharff, Andreas, Heth, G., Nevo, E., Sumbera, R., Pesko, J., Zima, J.   +7 more
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Senescence Patterns in African Mole-Rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia)

2007
Hynek Burda
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Thermoregulation of the subterranean rodent genusBathyergus(Bathyergidae)

South African Journal of Zoology, 1986
The thermoregulation of the largest subterranean rodent, genus Bathyergus,  comprising two species, B. suillus and B. janetta,occurring in mesic and semiarid habitats respectively, was investigated and compared with that of other subterranean rodents.
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Magnetic compass orientation in the subterranean rodentCryptomys hottentotus (Bathyergidae)

Experientia, 1990
To test whether mole-rats Cryptomys hottentotus were able to use the magnetic field for orientation, laboratory experiments were conducted which were based on the animals' spontaneous tendency to build their nests at the same position in a circular arena. In the local geomagnetic field, the animals preferred the SE-sector.
H, Burda, S, Marhold, T, Westenberger, R, Wiltschko, W, Wiltschko   +4 more
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Karyotype of the giant mole-rat, Cryptomys mechowi (Rodentia, Bathyergidae)

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, 2008
The karyotype of the giant mole-rat, Cryptomys mechowi (Rodentia, Bathyergidae), from Zambia was investigated in one male and one female by means of G-, C-, and AgNOR-banding techniques. The diploid chromosomal set consisted of 40 biarmed chromosomes (2n = 40, NF = 80).
M, Macholán, H, Burda, J, Zima, I, Mísek, M, Kawalika   +4 more
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The energetics of huddling in two species of mole-rat (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)

Physiology & Behavior, 2008
Small rodents with a large surface-area-to-volume ratio and a high thermal conductance are likely to experience conditions where they have to expend large amounts of energy in order to maintain a constant body temperature at low ambient temperatures. The survival of small rodents is thus dependent on their ability to reduce heat loss and increase heat ...
Kotze, Juan, Bennett, Nigel Charles, Scantlebury, Michael   +2 more
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Organization of the circadian system in the subterranean mole rat, Cryptomys hottentotus (Bathyergidae)

Brain Research, 2003
The mole rat, Cryptomys hottentotus (Bathyergidae) is a gregarious subterranean rodent, which shows no entrainment to ambient light-dark cycles. The locomotor activity of individuals or of a whole colony, which shows no circadian rhythmicity. Since the lack of both synchronization to light-dark cycle and an endogenous rhythm of locomotor activity could
Julia, Negroni, Nickel C, Bennett, Howard M, Cooper   +2 more
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African Mole-Rats (Bathyergidae): A Complex Radiation in Tropical Soils [PDF]

, 2007
Erik Verheyen, Chris G. Faulkes, Dominique Adriaens   +2 more
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Evolutionary and ecological patterns within the South African Bathyergidae: Implications for taxonomy

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2019
The family Bathyergidae (comprising six genera) is a group of subterranean rodents endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. Our understanding of the evolution and species richness of the South African bathyergid genera Georychus, Bathyergus and Cryptomys is limited, with the majority of species listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ...
Jacobus H, Visser, Nigel C, Bennett, Bettine, Jansen van Vuuren   +2 more
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Phylogeographical patterns of genetic divergence and speciation in African mole‐rats (Family: Bathyergidae)

Molecular Ecology, 2004
AbstractAfrican mole‐rats are subterranean Hystricomorph rodents, distributed widely throughout sub‐Saharan Africa, and displaying a range of social and reproductive strategies from solitary dwelling to the ‘insect‐like’ sociality of the naked mole‐rat, Heterocephalus glaber.
Faulkes, C.G., Verheyen, E., Verheyen, W., Jarvis, J.U.M., Bennett, N.C.   +4 more
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