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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. It is closely related to the blesmols and is the only species in the genus Heterocephalus .
The naked mole rat did have its moment back in the "Kim Possible" days, but other than that you don't see a lot of respect on its name. Can't say it doesn't make sense. Can't say it doesn't make ...
Rufus is a fictional character in the American animated television series Kim Possible (2002–2007) and its 2019 live-action film adaptation.Voiced by actress Nancy Cartwright, Rufus is a pet naked mole-rat owned by Ron Stoppable – Kim Possible's best friend and sidekick – and first appears in the show's pilot episode "Crush", which premiered on June 7, 2002.
The family Bathyergidae, or African mole-rats (including the well-known naked mole-rat), belong to the other major division of the rodents, the hystricomorphs. [ citation needed ] All the rhizomyines are bulky, slow-moving, burrowing animals, the Rhizomys species being the largest and stockiest.
It may look like a whiskered cocktail sausage, but the naked mole rat's incredible biology may one day improve countless lives. Meet the naked mole-rat: impervious to pain and cancer, and lives ...
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:
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Current ugly animal mascots include: for London, the proboscis monkey; for Cambridge, forms of endangered sea slug; for Bristol and Cheltenham, the three toed sloth; for Winchester, the Titicaca water frog; for Brighton, the naked mole-rat and for Newcastle the dugong.