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naked mole-rat, sand puppy (Heterocephalus glaber)
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Description Naked Molerat
Date 15 January 2007
Author Ltshears
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naked_Molerat_001.jpg
The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), also known as the sand puppy or desert mole rat, is a burrowing rodent closely related to the blesmols, native to parts of East Africa, and is the only species currently classified in the genus Heterocephalus. The naked mole-rat, the Damaraland mole-rat, and Mechow's mole-rat are eusocial mammals. It has a highly unusual set of physical traits that enable it to thrive in an otherwise harsh underground environment; it is the only mammalian thermoconformer. Order: Rodentia, Family: Heterocephalidae, Genus: Heterocephalus, Species: Heterocephalus glaber Rüppell, 1842.
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Scientific Name: Heterocephalus glaber
Species Authority: Rüppell, 1842
Common Names: Naked Mole Rat, sand puppy, desert mole rat
Synonyms:
Heterocephalus ansorgei Thomas, 1903
Heterocephalus dunni Thomas, 1909
Heterocephalus phillipsi Thomas, 1885
Heterocephalus progrediens Lönnberg, 1911
Heterocephalus scortecci de Beaux, 1934
Heterocephalus stygius Allen, 1912 |
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