NAKED MOLE RAT

name applied to a species (Heterocephalus glaber) of small rodents found in E Africa, whose members—the only hairless rodents—live entirely in underground communities of 80 or more individuals with a structure resembling that of social-insect colonies. Colony members are closely related and seem to work for the success of the whole community rather than individual survival. The queen is head of the colony and is the only member to breed. She has approximately ten pups per litter and about four litters per year. The mole rats divide up the specialized chores, such as collecting food, disposing of waste, and digging tunnels. The colonies have extensive tunnel systems and a large central area for nesting. Naked mole rats are classified as Phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Rodentia.

See study by P. W. Sherman et al. (1991).

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The Garden of Ediacara: Discovering the First Complex Life
Book by Mark A. S. Mcmenamin; Columbia University Press, 1998
Subjects: Fossils, Paleontology--Precambrian
...way of cropping up again and again in evolution. Eusocial animals, for example, come not only in bee and ant but in naked mole rat flavors. Humans too, losing the inevitable link between sex and reproduction, may be moving toward eusociality. Like...
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Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People
Book by Joan Roughgarden; University of California Press, 2004
Subjects: Biological Diversity, Gender Identity, Sexual Behavior In Animals, Sexual Orientation
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Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Biology
Book by Tim Caro; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Animal Behavior, Animal Ecology, Conservation Biology
...colony is the only reproductive female and nonreproducing females help the queen e.g., social Hymenoptera: Seger, 1991 ; mole rats Heterocephalus glaber : Jarvis, 1981 ; and Cryptomys damarensis : Jarvis et al., 1994 . However, reproductive...
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Nourishment and Evolution in Insect Societies
Book by James H. Hunt, Christine A. Nalepa; Westview Press, 1994
Subjects: Insect Societies, Insects--Evolution, Insects--Food
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Encyclopedia of Life Sciences - Vol. 10
Book by Anne O'Daly; Marshall Cavendish, 2004
Subjects: Biology--Encyclopedias, Life Sciences--Encyclopedias
...toxic chemicals to attack an enemy, or eject its seeds many feet away. Plant hehaviol- is ii-(,(l into the organism at the mole- cular genetic 1)(?llaviol- is part of their phvsioiogv. Some scioitists treat plant hchavior and plant physiology as the...
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Is More Life Always Better? the New Biology of Aging and the Meaning of Life
Journal article by David Gems; The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 33, 2003
Subjects: Aging--Health aspects, Aging--Psychological aspects, Aging--Social aspects, Longevity--Psychological aspects, Longevity--Social aspects, Quality of life
...include bees, ants, and termites, and one mammal: the naked mole rat, colonies of which live in big underground nests in...post-menopausal women. Are we soul brothers of the naked mole rat? Admittedly, such parallels are a little far-fetched...
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The Flood Myth and the Origin of Ethnic Groups in Southeast Asia
Journal article by Dang Nghiem Van; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 106, 1993
Subjects: Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs
...Khang 2 unknown unknown bamboo rat brother, sister gourd Laha 3 earth god afraid lest heaven mole brother, hid in hollow of mankind...deluge. (Yao) *B437.1.2 Helpful bamboo rat. (Khmu) *B521.7 Animal warns of deluge...
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Green Mansions of Tamaulipas
Journal article by Paul S. Martin; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 48, 2006
Subjects: Birds--Collections and collecting, Tamaulipas, Mexico--Description and travel
...its whiskered, pointed nose, naked tail and feet, beady black eyes...rag doll that shared naps. The rat was limp and warm, and until...Everts invited us to share his mole de guajolote (turkey drenched...age, preserved in ancient pack rat middens. Back at the historic...
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Growing Up Single: The Postfeminist Novel
Journal article by Sarah Gamble; Studies in the Literary Imagination, Vol. 39, 2006
Subjects: Bridget Jones's Diary (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Denfeld, Rene--Works, Feminism--History, Fielding, Helen--Works, The New Victorians: A Young Woman's Challenge to the Old Feminist Order (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, The Trials of Tiffany Trott (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Wolff, Isabel--Works, Women authors--Comparative analysis, Women authors--Works, Women writers--Comparative analysis, Women writers--Works
...in class that I realized that I had become my fathers rat. (97) <br/ The key to Cannies redemption clearly...Jewish ladies whod parade through the locker room completely naked, completely unashamed, and swap recipes and beauty tips while...
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William J. Gedney's Elicitation Questionnaire
Journal article by Thomas John Hudak; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 124, 2004
Subjects: Gedney, William J.--Research, Tai languages--Research, Terms and phrases
...pangolin (TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII), rat or mouse (TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII...shoes (TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII); Naked (TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII). 44. Sewing...TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII); Mouse or rat (TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII), otter...
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Exposed: The Strange and Hidden Lives of Naked Mole-Rats
Magazine article by Vicki Croke; National Wildlife, August 1999
Subjects: Ecologists--Research, Naked mole-rat--Behavior, Rodents--Research
...of the group. If a mole-rat gets too hot, its...parasite problems. Naked mole-rats have poor...The goal in mole-rat life is to tunnel...colony. The rub is that mole-rats cant see or smell...pampered breeders. Naked mole-rats eke out...
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Naked and Not: Two Species of Mole Rats Run Complex Societies Underground
Magazine article by Susan Milius; Science News, Vol. 169, June 24, 2006
Subjects: Dominance (Animal behavior)--Observations, Moles (Animals)--Genetic aspects, Moles (Animals)--Homes and haunts, Moles (Animals)--Social aspects, Moles (Mammals)--Genetic aspects, Moles (Mammals)--Homes and haunts, Moles (Mammals)--Social aspects, Queens--Social aspects, Rats--Genetic aspects, Rats--Homes and haunts, Rats--Social aspects, Rattus--Genetic aspects, Rattus--Homes and haunts, Rattus--Social aspects, Social hierarchy in animals--Observations, Social structure--Research
...wrinkled, hairless rodent known as the naked mole rat has achieved celebrity status even...Disney-cartoon character of the naked mole rat Rufus. Even the Wall Street Journal has run a page-one story on naked mole rat charms. The subhead read: "What...
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Santos and Santos
Magazine article by Octavio Solis; American Theatre, Vol. 12, November 1995
Subjects: Drama
...double-crossing anyone. VICKY: Then why did you rat? TOMAS: I had to do something. I saw...TOMAS: Your phones ringing. Fernie, naked, draped in a bedsheet. Music. FERNIE...in trouble, kid. TOMAS: Your wife is a rat, Casper. Where are you? WILLIS: Not saying...
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A Taxonomist's Taxonomist
Magazine article by Stephen Jay Gould; Whole Earth, Fall 2000
Subjects: Cornelis van Heurn, Willem--Conduct of life, Taxonomists--Conduct of life
...reproduction of Goyas naked maja on a Spanish issue...in the lower jaw of the mole" in 1959. "Our cat washes...bats of Buitenzorg," "The rat question," "Shark and...sea research, studied rat control on Java, Timor...the proper Latin for the rat inserted see Letters...
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1920s
Magazine article; The Nation, January 10, 2000
Subjects: 1920s (Decade)--History, Chronology, Historical--1920s (Decade) AD
...Movies We photograph an echo and the rat-tat-tat of a machine-gun. The impression...crazed mother goes over the side of the mole he holds on to his cinema chair. He does...disconcertingly quick. They strip their souls naked before you; there is sudden friendship...


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Big Brother: MOLEHUNT IN THE BIG BURROW HOUSE.. FAKE HEADLINE MEANS A HOLE LOT OF TROUBLE but It's Simply Big Brother Being a Rat
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), August 4, 2004
...far, few of the housemates have smelled a rat. The trouble began after the five remaining...glimpsed - and saw the paper, complete with mole headline. The fiery Portuguese transsexual...go. It seems not even another bout of naked mowing can save her. But last night...
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Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), July 11, 2009
...Dunbar and Patrick Benson, (Walker Books, pounds 11.99) Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems ((Walker Books, pounds 5...Bunny has created a wonderful character in Wilbur the naked mole rat - who loves to wear clothes. A funny, warm, engaging...
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The Big Razz Interview: Bart Simpson Forever; Forget the Celeb Voices That Make Shrek 2 Such a Big Event ... You May Never Have Heard of Any of These Actors, but without Them Bart, Homer and Springfield's Finest Wouldn't Be the Same
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), July 9, 2004
...character. A toddler, a yellow spiky-haired brat and a naked mole-rat called Rufus in Kim Possible but just who is Nancy...30. FAVOURITES: The Simpsons, Rugrats and Rufus the Naked Mole-Rat get the Nancy Cartwright treatment for TV INSTANT RECOGNITION...
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Education Extra
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), June 12, 2006
Subjects: Disney Press
...first, Eddie soon finds the visits a comfort. - Christine Atkinson, youth services librarian, Fern Ridge Library "The Naked Mole-Rat Letters" By Mary Amato Holiday House, 2005 Ages 10 to 14 When her father begins a long-distance romance with a zookeeper...
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How to Win* Your Office Pool; (*er, Victory Still Not Guaranteed)
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 17, 2005
...someone elses ability to sire children? Most likely. Is UConn forward Charlie Villanueva completely hairless, like a naked mole rat? Signs point to yes. Did Maryland deserve to make the tournament? No. See? The ball knows its stuff. Who needs Andy...
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Naked Mole Rat
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NAKED MOLE RAT name applied to a species ( Heterocephalus glaber ) of small rodents...colonies have extensive tunnel systems and a large central area for nesting. Naked mole rats are classified as Phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class...


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