- The Spalacidae, or
spalacids, are a
family of
rodents in the
large and
complex superfamily Muroidea. They are
native to
eastern Asia, the Horn of Africa...
- Myospalacinae), root rats, and
bamboo rats (subfamily Rhizomyinae) are
spalacids also
sometimes referred to as mole rats.
Blind mole-rats are in the family...
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distinguished from both the
family Spalacidae and the
Eumuroida (all non-
spalacid and non-platacanthomyid muroids), by the
distinct shape of
their infraorbital...
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Eumuroida were
probably not
specialized as
burrowing animals,
whereas the
spalacid ancestor may have been.
Jansa and
Weksler (2004)
noted that the Eumuroid...
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burrowing forms and
nonburrowing forms.[citation needed]
Unlike the
other spalacids,
which primarily use
their incisors,
zokors use
their powerful front claws...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 2
species Critically endangered (CR): 203
species Endangered (EN): 505
species Vulnerable (VU): 536
species Near threatened...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 2
species Critically endangered (CR): 203
species Endangered (EN): 505
species Vulnerable (VU): 536
species Near threatened...
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tumor suppression mechanisms such as this,
blind mole rats and
other spalacids are
resistant to cancer.
Necrosis may
occur due to
external or internal...
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voles in that they are
highly fossorial,
resembling the
blesmols and
spalacids more than
other voles. The long-clawed mole vole is
unrelated to these...
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Extinct in the wild (EW): 2
species Critically endangered (CR): 203
species Endangered (EN): 505
species Vulnerable (VU): 536
species Near threatened...
