Bathyergidae


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Noun1.Bathyergidae - mole ratsBathyergidae - mole rats; sand rats      
family Bathyergidae
mammal family - a family of mammals
Hystricomorpha, suborder Hystricomorpha - an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc.
Bathyergus, genus Bathyergus - mole rats
genus Heterocephalus, Heterocephalus - sand rats
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Seasonal changes in burrow geometry of the common molerat (Rodentia: Bathyergidae).
Architecture Characteristics of Burrow System of Plateau Pika, Ochotona curzoniae
1990: Magnetic compass orientation in the subterranean rodent Cryptomys hottentotus (Bathyergidae).
Spatial orientation of foraging corvids consistent with spontaneous magnetic alignment responses observed in a variety of free-roaming vertebrates
Comparative and functional morphology of the middle ear in Zambezian mole-rats (Coetomys -- Cryptomys, Bathyergidae).
Methods for Estimating the Volume of the Tympanic Bulla in the Big Hairy Armadillo Chaetophractus villosus (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Dasypodidae)/Metodos para la Estimacion del Volumen de Bula Timpanica en el Quirquincho Grande Chaetophractus villosus (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Dasypodidae)
In particular, the differences evident among African mole-rats (family Bathyergidae) suggest that this variation is adaptive, rather than solely a result of the distinct evolutionary histories of the different subterranean lineages.
Patrones de actividad diaria en libertad de los tuco-tucos de Rio Negro (Ctenomys Rionegrensis)
Some of them are sharp and in all three species they are facing the penile base (proximal directed) as seen in other rodent families: Bathyergidae, which are also fossorial rodents like Ctenomys and Peromyscus from the Cricetidae family (Bradley and Schmidly, 1987; Bradley et al., 1989; Parag et al., 2006).
Penial morphology in three species of Brazilian tuco-tucos, Ctenomys torquatus, C. minutus, and C. flamarioni (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae)/Morfologia peniana de tres especies de tuco-tuco do Brasil--Ctenomys torquatus, C. minutus e C. flamarioni (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae)

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