Fukomys whytei
Fukomys whytei
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Bathyergidae
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. Distribution Modern blesmols are found strictly in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Las ratas topo (Bathyergidae) son una familia de roedores excavadores del infraorden de los histricognatos que viven en el África subsahariana. Representa una evolución distinta de un modo de vida subterráneo y son roedores semejantes a los tuzas de Norteamérica, el tuco-tuco de Sudamérica o los muroideos excavadores. Heterocephalus glaber y Fukomys damarensis son los únicos mamíferos eusociales conocidos.
Distribution
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