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While formerly considered to belong to the same family as other African mole-rats, Bathyergidae, more recent investigation places it in a separate family...

including: Tachyoryctes, a genus of about 15 species from Africa; Blind mole rats (Spalacinae), a subfamily of about 15 living species in the genus Spalax...

and a conical head. It is also similar in size to most other African mole-rats, having a head-body length of 14 to 20 cm (5.5 to 7.9 in), with a short...

The blind mole-rats, also known as the fossorial or subterranean mole rats, are a subfamily (Spalacinae) of rodents in the family Spalacidae, found in...

Middle East, and southeastern Europe. It includes the blind mole-rats, bamboo rats, mole-rats, and zokors. This family represents the oldest split (excluding...

The blesmols, also known as mole-rats, or African mole-rats, are burrowing rodents of the family Bathyergidae. They represent a distinct evolution of...

mole rats’ burrows, usually cause cells to undergo apoptosis. One study showed that in adaptation to a higher tendency of cell death, blind mole rats...

common in blind mole rats' burrows, usually cause cells to undergo apoptosis. In adaptation to higher tendency of cell death, blind mole rats evolved a mutation...

white-tailed rat, Malagasy rats and mice Family Platacanthomyidae: spiny dormice Family Spalacidae: mole rats, bamboo rats, zokors Suborder Sciuromorpha...

described as belonging to the genus Georychus. Cape mole-rats closely resemble other African mole-rats in physical appearance. They have cylindrical bodies...

genus of rodent in the family Spalacidae, subfamily Spalacinae (blind mole-rats). It is one of two extant genera in the subfamily Spalacinae, alongside...

rodent subfamily Rhizomyinae includes the Asian bamboo rats and certain of the African mole-rats. The subfamily is grouped with the Spalacinae and the...

available to evaluate the conservation status of the other two forms. Blind mole-rats are not in fact completely blind as they do possess simple eyes 1mm in...

Andrew Smith described Bathyergus ludwigii. Around 1900 these little mole rats were no longer considered to fit into the genus Bathyergus, and various...

took several creative liberties that differentiate Rufus from real naked mole-rats, such as a more palatable appearance. The character is anthropomorphic...

of young Eusociality was then discovered in a group of chordates, the mole-rats. Further research distinguished another possibly important criterion for...

tuco-tucos, mole rats, mole crickets, pygmy mole crickets, and mole crabs) have independently developed close physical similarities with moles due to convergent...

hypothesis are that the animals are mole-rats in the families Bathyergidae and Rhizomyinae; termites; or a combination of mole-rats and termites. In a review paper...

of the endangered Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis). Big-headed African mole rats are highly distinctive in their large size, especially that of their heads...

river banks dominated by veldt grassland, sedges, and herbs. Like all mole-rats, this species is strictly herbivorous. Their diet consists largely of...