A maze-lover's dream: Burrow architecture, natural history and habitat characteristics of Ansell's mole-rat (Fukomys anselli)

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

A maze-lover's dream: Burrow architecture, natural history and habitat characteristics of Ansell's mole-rat (Fukomys anselli)

Original language description

The Ansell's mole-rat (Fukomys anselli, Bathyergidae) is a small-sized social subterranean rodent whose distribution is confined to the Lusaka area in Zambia. It is an established model species for various laboratory studies, but until now the knowledgeof its biology under natural conditions has been limited. Here, we provide the first comprehensive natural history and ecological data on a free living population from Miombo woodland. The Ansell's mole-rat lives in groups of up to 13 individuals (mean 9.7 +- 2.5; N = 9 complete, fully established family groups) with a single breeding pair per group. The family groups occupy very large and complex burrow systems consisting of 0.5-2.8 km of tunnels (mean = 1.2 +- 0.6 km, N = 15), which are densely branched and reticulated especially around nests. Burrow systems of neighbouring family groups were often interconnected by a freely passable tunnel, which has never before been documented in any African mole-rats. Mole-rat food density in the

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Mammalian Biology

ISSN

1616-5047

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Volume of the periodical

77

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

420-427

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