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Mole-rat or mole rat can refer to several groups of burrowing Old World rodents: Bathyergidae, a family of about 20 hystricognath species in six genera from Africa also called blesmols. Heterocephalus glaber, the naked mole-rat. Spalacidae, a family of about 30 muroid species in six genera from Eurasia and northeast Africa, including:
Various aged naked mole-rats. The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), also known as the sand puppy, [6] is a burrowing rodent native to the Horn of Africa and parts of Kenya, notably in Somali regions. [1] It is closely related to the blesmols and is the only species in the genus Heterocephalus. [7]
Genus Bathyergus. Bathyergus janetta - Namaqua dune mole rat; Bathyergus suillus - Cape dune mole rat; Genus Cryptomys. Cryptomys hottentotus - African mole rat; Cryptomys mahali - Mahali mole-rat
The big-headed African mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus), also known as the giant root-rat, Ethiopian African mole rat, or giant mole rat, is a rodent species in the family Spalacidae. [2] It is endemic to Ethiopia 's Bale Mountains . [ 3 ]
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Most species are solitary, but one species, the damaraland blesmol (Fukomys damarensis) is one of only two eusocial mammals, the other being the naked mole rat. [ citation needed ] These species are characterized by having a single reproductively active male and female in a colony where the remaining animals are sterile.
The common mole-rat, African mole-rat, or Hottentot mole-rat, (Cryptomys hottentotus) is a burrowing rodent found in Southern Africa, in particular in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It also occurs in Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is a species in the subfamily Bathyerginae. [2]
The Cape mole-rat (Georychus capensis) is a species of mole-rat endemic to South Africa. It is the only extant species currently described as belonging to the genus Georychus . Description