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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 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.
The naked mole-rat has a particularly long life-span for a small rodent, about 30 years, and the basis for this longevity has been investigated. [46] Naked mole-rats express DNA repair genes, including core genes in several DNA repair pathways, at a higher level than shorter-lived mice, and thus it was suggested that DNA repair acts as a ...
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:
The blesmols, also known as mole-rats, or African mole-rats, are burrowing rodents of the family Bathyergidae. They represent a distinct evolution of a subterranean life among rodents much like the pocket gophers of North America, the tuco-tucos in South America, and the Spalacidae from Eurasia.
The Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis [2]), Damara mole rat or Damaraland blesmol, is a burrowing rodent found in southern Africa. [3] Along with the smaller, less hairy, naked mole rat , it is a species of eusocial mammal .
Discovery Channel Naked and Afraid gives its viewers exactly what it says on the tin. Each episode follows the journey of two people meeting for the first time, completely naked, and their attempt ...