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| Naked mole-rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Parvorder: | Phiomorpha |
| Family: | Heterocephalidae Landry, 1957[4][5] |
| Genus: | Heterocephalus Rüppell, 1842[3] |
| Species: | H. glaber
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterocephalus glaber | |
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| Distribution of the naked mole-rat | |
The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), also known as the sand puppy,[6] is a burrowing rodent native to the Horn of Africa and parts of Kenya, notably in Somali regions.[1] It is closely related to the blesmols and is the only species in the genus Heterocephalus.[7]
The naked mole-rat exhibits a highly unusual set of physiological and behavioral traits that allow it to thrive in a harsh underground environment; most notably its being the only mammalian thermoconformer with an almost entirely ectothermic (cold-blooded) form of body temperature regulation,[8] as well as exhibiting eusociality, a complex social structure including a reproductive division of labor, separation of reproductive and non-reproductive castes, and cooperative care of young.[9] The closely related Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis) is the only other known eusocial mammal.[10][11] Naked mole-rats lack pain sensitivity in their skin, and have very low metabolic and respiratory rates. The animal also is remarkable for its longevity and resistance to cancer and oxygen deprivation.
While formerly considered to belong to the same family as other African mole-rats, Bathyergidae, more recent investigation places it in a separate family, Heterocephalidae.[5][12][13]
- ^ a b Jarvis, Jennifer U. M.; Sherman, Paul W. (December 2002). "Heterocephalus glaber". Mammalian Species. 2002 (706): 1-9. doi:10.1644/1545-1410(2002)706<0001:HG>2.0.CO;2.
- ^ Maree, S. & Faulkes, C. (2016). Heterocephalus glaber. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016 (errata version published in 2017). doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9987A22184136.en
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- ^ Kingdon J (1 July 1984). East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume 2, Part B: Hares and Rodents. University of Chicago Press. p. 489. ISBN 978-0-226-43720-0.
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- ^ Sherman, Paul W.; Lacey, Eileen A.; Reeve, Hudson K.; Keller, Laurent (Spring 1995). "The eusociality continuum". Behavioral Ecology. 6 (1): 102-108. doi:10.1093/beheco/6.1.102.
- ^ O'Riain MJ, Faulkes CG (2008). "African Mole-Rats: Eusociality, Relatedness and Ecological Constraints". In Korb J, Heinze J (eds.). Ecology of Social Evolution. Springer. pp. 207–223. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-75957-7_10. ISBN 978-3-540-75956-0.
- ^ Burland TM, Bennett NC, Jarvis JU, Faulkes CG (May 2002). "Eusociality in African mole-rats: new insights from patterns of genetic relatedness in the Damaraland mole-rat (Cryptomys damarensis)". Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 269 (1495): 1025–30. doi:10.1098/rspb.2002.1978. PMC 1690998. PMID 12028759.
- ^ Kingdon J (2015). The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals: Second Edition. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-1472925312.
- ^ Wilson DE, Lacher TE, Mittermeier RA (2016). Handbook of the Mammals of the World Volume 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. p. 312. ISBN 978-8494189234.