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Xerocole birds such as storks, New World vultures, and ibis urinate on their legs, [11] [14] while desert tortoises sometimes salivate on their neck and front legs to keep cool. [5] Similarly, many rodents and marsupials lick themselves to spread saliva, though this only remains effective for a short time, and requires the fur to become very damp.
Amblysomus [1] (also narrow-headed golden mole or South African golden mole) is a genus of the golden mole family, Chrysochloridae, [2] comprising five species of the small, insect-eating, burrowing mammals endemic to Southern Africa.
Rüppell's fox (Vulpes rueppellii), also called Rüppell's sand fox, is a fox species living in desert and semi-desert regions of North Africa, the Middle East, and southwestern Asia. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2008. [2] It is named after the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell. [3]
The female desert hedgehog gives birth to up to six young, in a burrow or concealed nest, after a gestation period of around 30 to 40 days. The young are born deaf and blind, and with the quills located just under the skin, to prevent damage to the female during birth. The quills emerge within a few hours, and the eyes open after around 21 days.
Caecilians feed on small subterranean creatures such as earthworms. The body is cylindrical and often darkly coloured, and the skull is bullet-shaped and strongly built. Caecilian heads have several unique adaptations, including fused cranial and jaw bones, a two-part system of jaw muscles, and a chemosensory tentacle in front of the eye. The ...
Golden moles are small insectivorous burrowing mammals endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. They comprise the family Chrysochloridae (the only family in the suborder Chrysochloridea ) and as such they are taxonomically distinct from the true moles , family Talpidae , and other mole -like families, all of which, to various degrees, they resemble as a ...
Lesser Egyptian Gerbil from Red Sea Coast, Saudi Arabia. The lesser Egyptian jerboa is a strictly nocturnal species, feeding on seeds, insects, succulent parts of desert grasses, and fungi (desert truffles Terfezia species [2]), which it detects using its acute sense of smell. Amazingly, it does not need to drink in order to survive the arid ...
Jerboas that live in sandy desert environments develop hairs on the bottom of their feet that allow for better traction and grip so that they don't slip in the sand. [ 5 ] Like other bipedal animals, their foramen magnum —the hole at the base of the skull—is forward-shifted, which enhances two-legged locomotion. [ 6 ]