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naked mole rat
eusocial
eusocial Highly social (e.g. termites, ants, honey bees, and, the only known example among mammals, naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber)).
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Naked mole-rats: African rodents' insect-like behaviour piques biologists' curiosity.
Magazine article from: BioScience; 2/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...is a perfect description of the naked mole-rat," a biologist from the...Alexander. "What the hell is a naked mole-rat?" an astonished Alexander replied. Fifteen years ago, naked mole-rats and their unique biology were...
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Naked Mole Rat Maze
Magazine article from: Click; 2/1/2004; ; 594 words
; ...sweep again. The next rat scurries backward underneath the other rats, sweeping the dirt...To dig a new tunnel, naked mole rats form a line. The first rat loosens a pile of dirt...backward with its feet. Naked mole rats live in large...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Naked mole-rats are huge hit at zoo
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 4/23/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...tube, a naked mole-rat decides to change direction...around again. Watch a naked mole-rat for a while, and you...that make mole-rats a hit with zoo visitors...opened the "Naturally Naked Mole- Rats" exhibit...Natives of Africa, naked ...
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They're going naked.(new exhibit on naked mole rats at the Pacific Science Center)
Magazine article from: Science Activities; 3/22/1994; 566 words
; ...the strange world of the naked mole rat, a creature that is classified...true description (they are not naked, moles, or rats), but they are still intriguing...and cavies (guinea pigs), naked mole rats are the only known cold...
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Knoxville Zoo Opens Naked Mole-Rat Exhibit
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/10/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...said. "It's like watching mole-rat TV. Just watch them run around...their parents may know more about naked mole-rats than other zoo visitors. Disney...Possible" features Rufus the naked mole-rat who likes to eat nachos. "The...
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Naked and not: two species of mole rats run complex societies underground.
Magazine article from: Science News; 6/24/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...the naked mole rat has achieved...the naked mole rat Rufus...Damaraland mole rat that woke...comparison with the naked mole rats' social behavior...resembles the naked mole rat's, its...haired mole rats are just ...
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The Biology of the Naked Mole-Rat.
Magazine article from: BioScience; 11/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...They include the common mole-rats, the Cape mole...rats. The term mole-rat conveys the essence of...five genera of African naked mole-rats, three are monotypic...has 49 named forms. The naked mole-rat Heterocephalus glaber...
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Knoxville Zoo opens exhibit of unusual naked mole-rats
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/27/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...tube, a naked mole-rat decides to change direction...around again. Watch a naked mole-rat for a while, and you...beauty _ that make mole-rats a hit with zoo visitors...opened the "Naturally Naked Mole-Rats" exhibit...Natives of Africa, naked ...
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 "Weekend Saturday (NPR)")
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Naked Mole Rats
Transcript from: Weekend Saturday (NPR); 1/24/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...the only above-ground evidence of the elusive naked mole rat. SOUNDBITE OF NAKED MOLE RATS The subterranean mammal lives and chirps in the...tell us if it's a mole or a rat, or really naked when all is said and done, is Jim Metzner, producer...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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The monstrous regiment of naked mole rats.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 10/6/1990; 700+ words
; ...monstrous regiment of naked mole rats THERE is nothing...life. Though a colony of naked mole rats may contain...pressures that lead mole rats to prefer siblings to...operation. A lone mole rat--about the size of...subjects' ovaries. When naked ...
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naked mole rat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
naked mole rat name applied to a species ( Heterocephalus...litter and about four litters per year. The mole rats divide up the specialized chores, such...and a large central area for nesting. Naked mole rats are classified as Phylum Chordata...
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Mole-Rats
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...their hearing is acute. Mole-rats communicate using...viewers may find the mole-rat ’ s appearance...and soil. Some mole-rat species actually dig...sturdy claws. Most mole-rats have a short tail, but naked mole-rats have a tail...
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eusocial
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
eusocial Highly social (e.g. termites, ants, honey bees, and, the only known example among mammals, naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber)).
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Bathyergidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Bathyergidae ( mole rats ; order Rodentia , suborder Hystricomorpha ) A family of mole-like rodents that live in shallow...one species, Heterocephalus glaber (naked mole rat) is known to be eusocial like some...
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Heterocephalus glaber
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
Heterocephalus glaber ( naked mole rat ) A hypogaeous rodent of the family Bathyergidae and the only mammal known to exhibit eusociality .
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