Spalacidae, J.E.Gray, 1821

Amr, Zuhair S., Abu, Mohammad A., Qumsiyeh, Mazin & Eid, Ehab, 2018, Systematics, distribution and ecological analysis of rodents in Jordan, Zootaxa 4397 (1), pp. 1-94 : 75

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4397.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5991887

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scientific name

Spalacidae
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Family Spalacidae View in CoL

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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Spalacidae

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