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The impact of gape on the performance of the skull in chisel-tooth digging and scratch digging mole-rats (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)

The African mole-rats (Bathyergidae) are a family of rodents highly adapted for life underground. Previous research has shown that chisel-tooth digging mole-rats (which use their incisors to dig burrows) are clearly distinguishable from scratch diggers (which only use the forelimbs to tunnel) on the...

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Autores principales: McIntosh, Andrew F., Cox, Philip G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5099000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27853575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160568