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Rhythmic 24 h variation of core body temperature and locomotor activity in a subterranean rodent (Ctenomys aff. knighti), the tuco-tuco. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The tuco-tuco Ctenomys aff. knighti is a subterranean rodent which inhabits a semi-arid area in Northwestern Argentina. Although they live in underground burrows where environmental cycles are attenuated, they display robust, 24 h locomotor activity ...
Patricia Tachinardi, José Eduardo Wilken Bicudo, Gisele Akemi Oda, Verónica Sandra Valentinuzzi   +3 more
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Dynamic changes in the home range of the subterranean rodent Myospalax baileyi

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
As ecosystem engineers, subterranean rodents excavate and inhabit burrow systems. However, the changes in their use of underground space are poorly recorded.
Jianwei Zhou, Jianwei Zhou, Chengpeng Ji, Kechi Dong, Bin Chu, Liqing Wang, Limin Hua   +6 more
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Mounting a specific immune response increases energy expenditure of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum (tuco-tuco): Implications for intraspecific and interspecific variation in immunological traits [PDF]

, 2010
It was recently hypothesised that specific induced defences, which require substantial time and resources and are mostly beneficial against repeated infections, are more likely to be favoured in 'slow-living-pace' species.
Antenucci, Carlos Daniel, Cutrera, Ana Paula, Luna, Facundo, Zenuto, Roxana Rita   +3 more
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Altitudinal Effects on Innate Immune Response of a Subterranean Rodent [PDF]

Zoological Science, 2020
Immune defense is costly to maintain and deploy, and the optimal investment into immune defense depends on risk of infection. Altitude is a natural environmental factor that is predicted to affect parasite abundance, with lower parasite abundance predicted at higher altitudes due to stronger environmental stressors, which reduce parasite transmission ...
Solak, Halil Mert, Yanchukov, Alexey, Colak, Faruk, Matur, Ferhat, Sozen, Mustafa, Ayanoglu, Ihsan Cihan, Winternitz, Jamie   +6 more
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A New Genus and Two New Species of Unarmed Hymenolepidid Cestodes (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae) from Geomyid Rodents in Mexico and Costa Rica [PDF]

, 2020
Two new cestodes of the family Hymenolepididae are described from two species of rodents of the family Geomyidae collected in Mexico and Costa Rica. One new species of Hymenolepis is described from Cratogeomys planiceps Merriam 1895 from near Toluca ...
Campbell, Mariel, Dursahinhan, Altangerel Tsogtsaikhan, Gardner, Scott Lyell, Rácz, S. Elizabeth   +3 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, Adams, Adams, Adams, Agrawal, Akersten, Alexander, Anderson, Bacigalupe, Bastir, Becerra, Becerra, Becerra, Blomberg, Blomberg, Bookstein, Busch, Cheverud, Cox, Cox, Croft, Doube, Drake, Fabre, Farke, Felsenstein, Garland, Gomes Rodrigues, Goodall, Grafen, Hallgrímsson, Hallgrímsson, Hautier, Herring, Herring, Herzberg, Hildebrand, Jarvis, Kirschner, Klingenberg, Klingenberg, Klingenberg, Landry, Lessa, Lessa, Lessa, Lin, Martins, Maynard Smith, McIntosh, Merwe, Mora, Moss, Nowak, O'Higgins, Pagel, Paradis, Polly, Preuschoft, Revell, Revell, Revell, Rohlf, Rohlf, Rohlf, Samuels, Samuels, Schneider, Stein, Turnbull, Uyeda, Vassallo, Verzi, Vleck, Wagner, Weishampel, Yang   +76 more
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Gene losses may contribute to subterranean adaptations in naked mole-rat and blind mole-rat

BMC Biology, 2022
Background Naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber, NMRs) and blind mole-rats (Spalax galili, BMRs) are representative subterranean rodents that have evolved many extraordinary traits, including hypoxia tolerance, longevity, and cancer resistance ...
Zhizhong Zheng, Rong Hua, Guoqiang Xu, Hui Yang, Peng Shi   +4 more
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Characteristics of the mitochondrial genome of Qinling zokor (Eospalax rufescens)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
We report the complete mitochondrial genome for the Eospalax rufescens, a typical subterranean rodent species and endemic in China. The resulting E. rufescens mitogenome is 16,355 bases in size, containing 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 ribosomal RNA (
Pengfei Song, Hongmei Gao, Feng Jiang, Tongzuo Zhang, Zhenyuan Cai   +4 more
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Adaptations to a Subterranean Environment and Longevity Revealed by the Analysis of Mole Rat Genomes

Cell Reports, 2014
Subterranean mammals spend their lives in dark, unventilated environments that are rich in carbon dioxide and ammonia and low in oxygen. Many of these animals are also long-lived and exhibit reduced aging-associated diseases, such as neurodegenerative ...
Xiaodong Fang, Inge Seim, Zhiyong Huang, Maxim V. Gerashchenko, Zhiqiang Xiong, Anton A. Turanov, Yabing Zhu, Alexei V. Lobanov, Dingding Fan, Sun Hee Yim, Xiaoming Yao, Siming Ma, Lan Yang, Sang-Goo Lee, Eun Bae Kim, Roderick T. Bronson, Radim Šumbera, Rochelle Buffenstein, Xin Zhou, Anders Krogh, Thomas J. Park, Guojie Zhang, Jun Wang, Vadim N. Gladyshev   +23 more
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Do subterranean mammals use the Earth’s magnetic field as a heading indicator to dig straight tunnels? [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
Subterranean rodents are able to dig long straight tunnels. Keeping the course of such “runways” is important in the context of optimal foraging strategies and natal or mating dispersal. These tunnels are built in the course of a long time, and in social
Sandra Malewski, Sabine Begall, Cristian E. Schleich, C. Daniel Antenucci, Hynek Burda   +4 more
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