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Spalacidae J.E.Gray 1821
Description
Family Spalacidae
This family includes the mole rats. They live entirely in underground tunnels and rarely seen on the surface. They feed on roots and bulbs. Their eyes and ears are vestigial and the tail is very much reduced. Limbs are reduced and not adapted for digging. The large head and the long incisors perform the digging activities (Harrison & Bates, 1991; Wilson & Reeder, 2005).
Notes
Published as part of Amr, Zuhair S., Abu, Mohammad A., Qumsiyeh, Mazin & Eid, Ehab, 2018, Systematics, distribution and ecological analysis of rodents in Jordan, pp. 1-94 in Zootaxa 4397 (1) on page 75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4397.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1202783
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Spalacidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- J.E.Gray
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Spalacidae J.E.Gray, 1821 sec. Amr, Abu, Qumsiyeh & Eid, 2018