Ectoparasitic community of the Mahali mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus mahali: potential host for vectors of medical importance in South Africa [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background The endemic rodent family of Bathyergidae in Africa, particularly South Africa, are understudied as reservoirs of diseases of significant medical importance. Considering the diversity and wide distribution of African mole-rats in South Africa,
Dina M. Fagir +4 more
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African Mole-Rats May Have High Bone Conduction Sensitivity to Counterbalance Low Air Conduction Sensitivity [PDF]
Audiology ResearchBackground/Objectives: Subterranean mole-rats live in an intricate system of underground tunnels, a unique acoustic environment that has led to adaptations to their hearing.
Andrew Bell
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Pup Recruitment in a Eusocial Mammal—Which Factors Influence Early Pup Survival in Naked Mole-Rats? [PDF]
Animals, 2023 In eusocial insects, offspring survival strongly depends on the quality and quantity of non-breeders. In contrast, the influence of social factors on offspring survival is more variable in cooperatively breeding mammals since maternal traits also play an
Michaela Wetzel +4 more
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Fukomys anselli (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)
Mammalian Species, 2021 Abstract Fukomys anselli (Burda, Zima, Scharff, Macholán, and Kawalika 1999) is a bathyergid commonly known as Ansell’s mole-rat. This tooth-digging subterranean rodent lives in cooperatively breeding family groups. It is a small-bodied representative of the genus Fukomys, whose members are distributed in sub-Saharan Africa.
Sabine Begall, Hynek Burda, Kai R Caspar
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Zambian Mole-Rats: 33 Years on the Scene and What We Still Do Not Know and How We Could Learn It
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 This article surveys more than three decades of research on Zambian mole-rats (genus Fukomys, Bathyergidae), pointing out some unanswered questions and untested hypotheses and suggesting approaches to address them.
Hynek Burda
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Functional histology of the skin in the subterranean African giant mole-rat: thermal windows are determined solely by pelage characteristics [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Excavation of burrows is an extremely physically demanding activity producing a large amount of metabolic heat. Dissipation of its surplus is crucial to avoid the risk of overheating, but in subterranean mammals it is complicated due to the absence of ...
Lucie Pleštilová +5 more
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Pitfalls of using sequence databases for heterologous expression studies – a technical review
The Journal of Physiology, Volume 601, Issue 9, Page 1611-1623, 1 May 2023., 2023 Abstract figure legend Projects involving heterologous gene expression are often characterised by similar steps. Initially, database research (A) is necessary to retrieve information of full or partial sequences of a gene of interest. A multitude of genome assemblies are annotated and deposited in public databases or are available for refined search ...
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Functional anatomy and disparity of the postcranial skeleton of African mole-rats (Bathyergidae)
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 The burrowing adaptations of the appendicular system of African mole-rats (Bathyergidae) have been comparatively less investigated than their cranial adaptations.
Germán Montoya-Sanhueza +4 more
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Bathyergus suillus (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) [PDF]
Mammalian Species, 2009 Bathyergus suillus (Schreber, 1782) is a bathyergid commonly known as the Cape dune mole-rat. A solitary-dwelling and sexually dimorphic species, it is the largest in body size of the African mole-rats, and 1 of 2 species within the genus. It is endemic to sandy soils of the southeastern and northwestern coastal regions of South Africa and the ...
Nigel C. Bennett +3 more
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Parasite-Mediated Mate Preferences in a Cooperatively Breeding Rodent
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Females of many species discriminate among males when choosing a mate and this can bear indirect and direct benefits including the avoidance of parasite transmission from infested males.
Heike Lutermann +2 more
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