Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 African mole-rats of the genus Fukomys (Northern common mole-rats) combine a monogamous mating system and pronounced sexual size dimorphism; a pattern highly untypical for mammals.
Kai R. Caspar +2 more
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Surprisingly long survival of premature conclusions about naked mole‐rat biology
Biological Reviews, Volume 96, Issue 2, Page 376-393, April 2021., 2021 ABSTRACT Naked mole‐rats express many unusual traits for such a small rodent. Their morphology, social behaviour, physiology, and ageing have been well studied over the past half‐century. Many early findings and speculations about this subterranean species persist in the literature, although some have been repeatedly questioned or refuted.
Stan Braude +20 more
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Extended longevity of reproductives appears to be common in Fukomys mole-rats (Rodentia, Bathyergidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 African mole-rats (Bathyergidae, Rodentia) contain several social, cooperatively breeding species with low extrinsic mortality and unusually high longevity.
Philip Dammann +4 more
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The Impact of Digging on Craniodental Morphology and Integration [PDF]
, 2016 The relationship between the form and function of the skull has been the subject of a great deal of research, much of which has concentrated on the impact of feeding on skull shape.
Adams +76 more
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Perioral secretions enable complex social signaling in African mole-rats (genus Fukomys)
Scientific Reports, 2022 Subterranean common mole-rats of the genus Fukomys (family Bathyergidae) live in large, cooperatively-breeding families. Odor cues have been hypothesized to play an important role in mediating social behaviors in the underground ecotope, but only little ...
Kai R. Caspar +7 more
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Reproduction is associated with a tissue-dependent reduction of oxidative stress in eusocial female Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis). [PDF]
, 2018 This is the final version of the article. Available from Public Library of Science via the DOI in this record.Oxidative stress has been implicated as both a physiological cost of reproduction and a driving force on an animal's lifespan.
Bennett, NC, Blount, JD, Schmidt, CM
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Bacterial microbiome of faecal samples of naked mole-rat collected from the toilet chamber
BMC Research Notes, 2022 Objective The naked mole rats (NMRs, Heterocephalus glaber) are subterranean rodents that belong to the family Bathyergidae. They gained the attention of the scientific community for their exceptionally long lifespan of up to 30 years and have become an ...
Kah-Ooi Chua +7 more
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Balancing the competing requirements of saltatorial and fossorial specialisation: burrowing costs in the spinifex hopping mouse, Notomys alexis [PDF]
, 2006 © The Company of BiologistsSemi-fossorial animals (burrowing surface foragers) need to balance the competing morphological requirements of terrestrial and burrowing locomotion.
Matthews, P., Seymour, R., White, C.
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New distribution records for four mammal species, with notes on their taxonomy and ecology
Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 1990 New distribution records for four small mammal species (Georychus capensis, Galerella pulverulenta, Rhinolophus swinnyi and Amblysomus julianae) are presented, along with relevant notes on the taxonomy, karyology and ecology of these species.
G.N. Bronner
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Spatial Learning and Memory in the Naked Mole-Rat: Evolutionary Adaptations to a Subterranean Niche
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Evolutionary adaptation to a subterranean habitat consisting of extensive underground tunnel systems would presumably require adept spatial learning and memory, however, such capabilities have not been characterized to date in naked mole-rats ...
Natalee J. Hite +3 more
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