Ultradian rhythms of activity in a wild subterranean rodent
Biology LettersMany animals adapt their activity patterns to the best environmental conditions using daily rhythms. African mole-rats are among the mammals that have become models for studying how these rhythms can be entrained by light or temperature in experimental laboratory studies.
Kyle T. Finn +3 more
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Onthophagus species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) associated with the Hungarian lesser blind mole-rat (Nannospalax hungaricus) (Mammalia: Spalacidae) [PDF]
, 2014 Two rare species of Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 associated with subterranean rodents were found in a nature protection area where the Hungarian lesser blind mole-rat, Nannospalax hungaricus (Nehring, 1898) is also present.
Danyik, T., Deli, T., Merkl, O.
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Impacts of rodents in piggeries in Australia – review and pilot impact study
Pest Management Science, Volume 82, Issue 3, Page 2177-2189, March 2026.Rodent impacts in Australian piggeries are under‐researched, with limited data on economic losses and control costs. A review and pilot study found average losses of AUD$100 000 annually. Key concerns include disease, damage, and control expenses.
Peter R. Brown, Steve Henry
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Eye and vision in the subterranean rodent cururo (Spalacopus cyanus, octodontidae)
The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2005 Subterranean mammals are generally considered to have reduced eyes and apparent blindness as a convergent adaptation to their lightless microhabitat. However, there are substantial interspecific differences. We have studied the prospect of vision in the Chilean subterranean rodent cururo (Spalacopus cyanus, Octodontidae) by analyzing the optical ...
Peichl, L +5 more
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Anti‐Predation and Size‐Dependent Gas Exchange Functions of Amazonian Architect Cicada Towers
Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.Clay towers built by cicada nymphs before metamorphosis are poorly understood. We experimentally show that towers of the Amazonian cicada Guyalna chlorogena reduce predation risk and exhibit size‐dependent growth responses to gas exchange obstruction, supporting their interpretation as adaptive extended phenotypes.
Marina Mega +5 more
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Old views and new insights: taxonomic revision of the Bukovina blind mole rat, Spalax graecus (Rodentia: Spalacinae) [PDF]
, 2013 As a result of their rather uniform external appearance and gross cranial morphology, the systematics of blind mole rats has been hotly debated over the last century; however, the separation of the large-bodied and small-bodied blind mole rats at the ...
Csorba, Gábor +9 more
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Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 1987 Aspects of two habitat-specific foraging behaviours of the social subterranean rodent Cryptomys damarensis, are discussed in terms of burrow structure, resource dispersion patterns, sand moisture content, burrow temperature regimes, and predatory ...
B.G. Lovegrove, Suzanne Painting
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Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 8, 9 February 2026.Long‐term hippocampal place‐code dynamics are investigated using calcium imaging across weeks of maze navigation. Analyses reveal a novelty‐irrelevant Single‐Field Evolution Rule (SFER), where active fields promote persistence and inactive fields decline.
Cong Chen +10 more
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Time tweaks rodents’ subterranean hearing [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2021 openaire +1 more source
Small carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae) from burrows of Geomys and Thomomys pocket gophers (Rodentia: Geomyidae) in the United States [PDF]
, 2001 The cholevine beetles inhabiting burrows of Geomys and Thomomys pocket gophers (Rodentia: Geomyidae) are reviewed. Catops geomysi n. sp. and Ptomaphagus geomysi n. sp. are described.
Peck, Stewart B., Skelley, Paul E.
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