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A comparative histochemical study of the distribution of mucins in the gastrointestinal tracts of three insectivorous mammals

scientific article published on 11 January 2013

A neuroanatomical and neuroendocrinological study into the relationship between social status and the GnRH system in cooperatively breeding female Damaraland mole-rats, Cryptomys damarensis.

scientific article published on January 2004

A phylogenetic estimate for golden moles (Mammalia, Afrotheria, Chrysochloridae)

scientific article

Alternative reproductive tactics in male Cape ground squirrels Xerus inauris

scientific article published on 12 February 2008

An immunohistochemical study of the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone 1 system in solitary Cape mole-rats, Georychus capensis, and social Natal mole-rats, Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis

scientific article published on 4 September 2008

Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) Respond to Increased Ambient Temperatures with a Seasonal Shift in the Timing of Their Daily Inactivity Patterns

scientific article published on 6 May 2016

Bartonellae of the Namaqua rock mouse, Micaelamys namaquensis (Rodentia: Muridae) from South Africa ⬇️

scientific article published on December 11, 2011

Basking is affected by season and influences oxygen consumption in desert-living striped mice

scientific article published in 2010

Body temperature patterns and rhythmicity in free-ranging subterranean Damaraland mole-rats, Fukomys damarensis

scientific article

Breeding status and social environment differentially affect the expression of sex steroid receptor and aromatase mRNA in the brain of female Damaraland mole-rats

scientific article

Cellular scaling rules for the brain of afrotherians

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Characterization of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone precursor cDNA in the Old World mole-rat Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae: high degree of identity with the New World guinea pig sequence

scientific article published in May 2005

Cheetahs, Acinonyx jubatus, balance turn capacity with pace when chasing prey

scientific article published on 04 September 2013

Circadian rhythm of locomotor activity in the four-striped field mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio: a diurnal African rodent

scientific article published in June 2005

Circadian rhythms of locomotor activity in solitary and social species of African mole-rats (family: Bathyergidae).

scientific article published in December 2003

Circadian rhythms of locomotor activity in the Lesotho mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus subspecies from Sani Pass, South Africa

scientific article published on 26 July 2006

Circadian rhythms of locomotor activity in the subterranean Mashona mole rat, Cryptomys darlingi

scientific article published on 28 December 2004

Circulating LH Levels and the Response to Exogenous GnRH in the Common Mole-Rat: Implications for Reproductive Regulation in This Social, Seasonal Breeding Species

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Comparative gastrointestinal morphology of three small mammalian insectivores: Acomys spinosissimus (Rodentia), Crocidura cyanea (Eulipotyphla), and Amblysomus hottentotus (Afrosoricida).

scientific article published on 13 February 2013

Complex evolution of X and Y autosomal translocations in the giant mole-rat, Cryptomys mechowi (Bathyergidae).

scientific article published on 14 September 2006

Complex interactions within the ectoparasite community of the eastern rock sengi (Elephantulus myurus).

scientific article

Cryptomys damarensis ⬇️

scientific article published on 15 December 2004

Determinants of Helminth Infection in a Subterranean Rodent, the Cape Dune Mole-Rat (Bathyergus suillus) ⬇️

scientific article published on January 20, 2012

Differential feeding success of two paralysis-inducing ticks, Rhipicephalus warburtoni and Ixodes rubicundus on sympatric small mammal species, Elephantulus myurus and Micaelamys namaquensis.

scientific article

Digging for answers: contributions of density- and frequency-dependent factors on ectoparasite burden in a social mammal.

scientific article

Dissection of a Y-autosome translocation in Cryptomys hottentotus (Rodentia, Bathyergidae) and implications for the evolution of a meiotic sex chromosome chain.

scientific article published on 20 December 2007

Distribution of orexinergic neurons and their terminal networks in the brains of two species of African mole rats

scientific article published on 17 November 2010

Distribution of parvalbumin, calbindin and calretinin containing neurons and terminal networks in relation to sleep associated nuclei in the brain of the giant Zambian mole-rat (Fukomys mechowii).

scientific article published on 21 June 2013

Does altitudinal difference modulate the respiratory properties in subterranean rodents' (Cryptomys hottentotus mahali) blood?

scientific article published on 19 April 2006

Eastern rock sengis as reservoir hosts of Anaplasma bovis in South Africa

scientific article

Ectoparasite Burdens of the Damaraland Mole-Rat (Fukomys damarensis) from Southern Africa

scientific article published on 6 August 2015

Ectoparasite burdens of the common mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus) from the Cape Provinces of South Africa

scientific article published on 30 October 2013

Ectoparasite diversity in the eastern rock sengis (Elephantulus myurus): the effect of seasonality and host sex

journal article; published in African Zoology in 2015

Ectoparasite fauna of rodents collected from two wildlife research centres in Saudi Arabia with discussion on the implications for disease transmission.

scientific article published on 27 March 2015

Effects of cortisol administration on cooperative behavior in meerkat helpers

scholarly article by P. Santema et al published 11 May 2013 in Behavioral Ecology

Effects of laboratory housing on exploratory behaviour, novelty discrimination and spatial reference memory in a subterranean, solitary rodent, the Cape mole-rat (Georychus capensis).

scientific article

Effects of the colour of photophase light on locomotor activity in a nocturnal and a diurnal South African rodent

scientific article published on 02 October 2019

Energetic benefits of sociality offset the costs of parasitism in a cooperative mammal

scientific article

Energetic costs of parasitism in the Cape ground squirrel Xerus inauris

scientific article published in September 2007

Energetics reveals physiologically distinct castes in a eusocial mammal

scientific article published in Nature

Eusociality in African mole-rats: new insights from patterns of genetic relatedness in the Damaraland mole-rat (Cryptomys damarensis)

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Evidence for contrasting roles for prolactin in eusocial naked mole-rats, and Damaraland mole-rats,

scientific article published on 01 May 2018

Evidence for interspecific interactions in the ectoparasite infracommunity of a wild mammal

scientific article published on 2 February 2016

Experimental alteration of litter sex ratios in a mammal

scientific article published in 2008

Family Wide Molecular Adaptations to Underground Life in African Mole-Rats Revealed by Phylogenomic Analysis

scientific article

Family values: group dynamics and social control of reproduction in African mole-rats.

scientific article

Female reproductive activity and its endocrine correlates in the African lesser bushbaby, Galago moholi

scientific article published on 9 December 2015

Flexibility in body temperature rhythms of free-living natal mole-rats (Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis)

scientific article published in 2021

Food availability and foraging by wild colonies of Damaraland mole-rats ( Cryptomys damarensis ): implications for sociality

scientific article (publication date: 9 January 1998)

Foraging in the subterranean social Damaraland mole-rat, Cryptomys damarensis: an investigation into size-dependent geophyte utilization and foraging patterns

scientific article published in 2003

Fos expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus in response to light stimulation in a solitary and social species of African mole-rat (family Bathyergidae).

scientific article

Fractal dimension of African mole-rat burrows

scientific article published in 2002

Growth affects dispersal success in social mole-rats, but not the duration of philopatry.

scientific article published in February 2018

Heterothermy in two mole-rat species subjected to interacting thermoregulatory challenges

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Hibernation and non-shivering thermogenesis in the Hottentot golden mole (Amblysomus hottentottus longiceps).

scientific article published on 4 June 2008

Hind foot drumming: Morphofunctional analysis of the hind limb osteology in three species of African mole-rats (Bathyergidae)

scientific article published on 07 February 2020

Hormonal correlates of dominance in meerkats (Suricata suricatta).

scientific article

How attractive is the girl next door? An assessment of spatial mate acquisition and paternity in the solitary Cape dune mole-rat, Bathyergus suillus

scientific article published in 2012

Hypofunctional TrkA Accounts for the Absence of Pain Sensitization in the African Naked Mole-Rat

scientific article published on October 2016

In contrast to many other mammals, cetaceans have relatively small hippocampi that appear to lack adult neurogenesis

scientific article published in November 2013

Influence of spatial environment on maze learning in an African mole-rat

scientific article published on 9 May 2012

Intra-sexual selection in cooperative mammals and birds: why are females not bigger and better armed?

scientific article published on 28 October 2013

Intrasexual competition and sexual selection in cooperative mammals.

scientific article

LH responses to single doses of exogenous GnRH by social Mashona mole-rats: a continuum of socially induced infertility in the family Bathyergidae

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Light-induced Fos expression in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the four-striped field mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio: A southern African diurnal rodent.

scientific article published on 28 June 2006

Local and regional scale genetic variation in the Cape dune mole-rat, Bathyergus suillus

scientific article

Locomotor activity patterns of captive East African root rats,Tachyoryctes splendens(Rodentia: Spalacidae), from Tanzania, East Africa

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Long bone histomorphogenesis of the naked mole-rat: Histodiversity and intraspecific variation

scientific article published on 11 December 2020

Longitudinal differences in 15N between mothers and offspring during and after weaning in a small cooperative mammal, the meerkat (Suricata suricatta).

scientific article published in January 2007

Mammalian energetics. Flexible energetics of cheetah hunting strategies provide resistance against kleptoparasitism

scientific article

Mammalian eusociality: a family affair ⬇️

scientific article published on February 1, 1994

Melatonin secretion in the Mashona mole-rat, Cryptomys darlingi--influence of light on rhythmicity

scientific article published in January 2005

Microbats appear to have adult hippocampal neurogenesis, but post-capture stress causes a rapid decline in the number of neurons expressing doublecortin.

scientific article

Mole-rats from higher altitudes have greater thermoregulatory capabilities

scientific article

Molecular detection of novel Anaplasmataceae closely related to Anaplasma platys and Ehrlichia canis in the dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius).

scientific article published on 10 June 2015

Molecular evolution of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor 1 receptors in long-lived, small-bodied mammals

scientific article published on 24 July 2014

Molecular evolution of the hyaluronan synthase 2 gene in mammals: implications for adaptations to the subterranean niche and cancer resistance

scientific article

Molecular insight into patterns of colony composition and paternity in the common mole-rat Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus

scientific article

Morphological divergence of breeders and helpers in wild Damaraland mole-rat societies

scientific article

Natural parasite infection affects the tolerance but not the response to a simulated secondary parasite infection

scientific article

Neuroanatomical investigation of the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone 1 system in the seasonally breeding Cape dune mole-rat, Bathyergus suillus

scientific article published on 6 August 2008

No evidence for proteolytic venom resistance in southern African ground squirrels

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Noninvasive measurements of ovarian activity in Beira antelope (Dorcatragus megalotis )

scientific article published on 13 October 2018

Nuclear organisation of some immunohistochemically identifiable neural systems in five species of insectivore-Crocidura cyanea, Crocidura olivieri, Sylvisorex ollula, Paraechinus aethiopicus and Atelerix frontalis

scientific article published on 24 December 2015

Nuclear organisation of some immunohistochemically identifiable neural systems in three Afrotherian species--Potomogale velox, Amblysomus hottentotus and Petrodromus tetradactylus

scientific article published on 18 March 2013

Nuclear organization and morphology of cholinergic, putative catecholaminergic and serotonergic neurons in the brains of two species of African mole-rat

scientific article published on 8 March 2008

Nuclear organization of cholinergic, putative catecholaminergic, serotonergic and orexinergic systems in the brain of the African pygmy mouse (Mus minutoides): organizational complexity is preserved in small brains

scientific article

Orexinergic bouton density is lower in the cerebral cortex of cetaceans compared to artiodactyls

scientific article published on 29 July 2015

Orexinergic neuron numbers in three species of African mole rats with rhythmic and arrhythmic chronotypes

scientific article published on 20 October 2011

Organization of the circadian system in the subterranean mole rat, Cryptomys hottentotus (Bathyergidae).

scientific article published in March 2003

Partitioning of evaporative water loss into respiratory and cutaneous pathways in Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bats (Epomophorus wahlbergi).

scientific article

Patterns of ossification in southern versus northern placental mammals.

scientific article

Photic induction of Fos in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of African mole-rats: responses to increasing irradiance

scientific article published in September 2010

Phylogeographical patterns of genetic divergence and speciation in African mole-rats (Family: Bathyergidae).

scientific article published on March 2004

Phylogeography of a Morphologically Cryptic Golden Mole Assemblage from South-Eastern Africa

scientific article

Physiological suppression eases in Damaraland mole-rat societies when ecological constraints on dispersal are relaxed

scientific article published on 6 November 2009

Placentation in the Hottentot golden mole, Amblysomus hottentotus (Afrosoricida: Chrysochloridae).

scientific article

Plasticity and constraints on social evolution in African mole-rats: ultimate and proximate factors

scientific article (publication date: 19 May 2013)

Rapid molecular evolution of pain insensitivity in multiple African rodents

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Relations between social status and the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone system in females of two cooperatively breeding species of African mole-rats, Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus and Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae: neuroanatomical and neuroend

scientific article

Relic populations of Fukomys mole-rats in Tanzania: description of two new species F. livingstoni sp. nov. and F. hanangensis sp. nov.

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Reproduction is associated with a tissue-dependent reduction of oxidative stress in eusocial female Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis).

scientific article

Reproductive status and testosterone among females in cooperative mole-rat societies

scientific article published on 10 April 2013

Reproductive suppression and the seasonality of reproduction in the social Natal mole-rat (Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis).

scientific article published on 20 September 2008

Reproductive suppression in subordinate female highveld mole-rats (Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae): no role for endogenous opioid peptides

scientific article published on 30 March 2006

Retrospective genetic characterisation of Encephalomyocarditis viruses from African elephant and swine recovers two distinct lineages in South Africa

scientific article

Seasonal Variations in Sleep of Free-Ranging Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) under Natural Hyper-Arid Conditions

scientific article published on 21 February 2018

Seasonal changes in burrow geometry of the common mole rat (Rodentia: Bathyergidae).

scientific article

Seasonal changes in reproductive development in male spiny mice (Acomys spinosissimus) from South Africa

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Seasonal patterns of body temperature daily rhythms in group-living Cape ground squirrels Xerus inauris

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

Simple roost nests confer large energetic savings for sparrow-weavers

scientific article published in February 2002

Sleep and wake in rhythmic versus arrhythmic chronotypes of a microphthalmic species of African mole rat (Fukomys mechowii).

scientific article

Sleep in the Cape Mole Rat: A Short-Sleeping Subterranean Rodent

scientific article published on 19 April 2016

Social suppression in nonreproductive female Damaraland mole-rats, Cryptomys damarensis: no apparent role for endogenous opioid peptides

scientific article

Sociality and the telencephalic distribution of corticotrophin-releasing factor, urocortin 3, and binding sites for CRF type 1 and type 2 receptors: A comparative study of eusocial naked mole-rats and solitary Cape mole-rats

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

Solar radiation during rewarming from torpor in elephant shrews: supplementation or substitution of endogenous heat production?

scientific article

Spatial learning and memory in African mole-rats: the role of sociality and sex.

scientific article published on 14 September 2008

Specialized mechanoreceptor systems in rodent glabrous skin

Specific paucity of unmyelinated C-fibers in cutaneous peripheral nerves of the African naked-mole rat: comparative analysis using six species of Bathyergidae

scientific article

Spicing up the menu: evidence of fruit feeding in Galago moholi

scientific article published on 12 April 2014

Stress and the suppression of subordinate reproduction in cooperatively breeding meerkats

scientific article (publication date: 7 August 2006)

Subterranean sympatry: an investigation into diet using stable isotope analysis

scientific article published in 2012

Summit metabolism and metabolic expansibility in Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bats (Epomophorus wahlbergi): seasonal acclimatisation and effects of captivity

scientific article published on 20 December 2013

Teasing apart socially‐induced infertility in non‐reproductive female Damaraland mole‐rats, Fukomys damarensis (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2011

Telencephalic binding sites for oxytocin and social organization: a comparative study of eusocial naked mole-rats and solitary cape mole-rats.

scientific article published in May 2010

The Distribution of Ki-67 and Doublecortin Immunopositive Cells in the Brains of Three Microchiropteran Species, Hipposideros fuliginosus, Triaenops persicus, and Asellia tridens

scientific article

The Namaqua rock mouse (Micaelamys namaquensis) as a potential reservoir and host of arthropod vectors of diseases of medical and veterinary importance in South Africa

scientific article

The aims and scope of the Journal of Zoology

scholarly article by Nigel C. Bennett published 17 December 2007 in Journal of Zoology: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

The biology of an isolated Mashona mole-rat population from southern Malawi, with implications for the diversity and biogeography of the genus Fukomys

scientific article published in 2023

The brains of six African mole-rat species show divergent responses to hypoxia

scientific article published on 10 February 2020

The chronobiology of the Natal mole-rat, Cryptomys hottentotus natalensis

scientific article

The colonic groove or furrow: a comparative morphological study of six species of African mole-rats (Rodentia, Bathyergidae).

scientific article published in August 2009

The comparative anatomy of the abdominal gastrointestinal tract of six species of African mole-rats (Rodentia, Bathyergidae).

scientific article published in January 2010

The comparative gastrointestinal morphology of Jaculus jaculus (Rodentia) and Paraechinus aethiopicus (Erinaceomorpha).

scientific article published on 10 March 2016

The comparative gastrointestinal morphology of five species of muroid rodents found in Saudi Arabia

scientific article published on 24 March 2014

The development of individual differences in cooperative behaviour: maternal glucocorticoid hormones alter helping behaviour of offspring in wild meerkats

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

The distribution of doublecortin-immunopositive cells in the brains of four afrotherian mammals: the Hottentot golden mole (Amblysomus hottentotus), the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis), the eastern rock sengi (Elephantulus myurus) and the four-toed s

scientific article

The distribution of mucous secreting cells in the gastrointestinal tracts of three small rodents from Saudi Arabia: Acomys dimidiatus, Meriones rex and Meriones libycus.

scientific article published on 29 December 2015

The energetics of huddling in two species of mole-rat (Rodentia: Bathyergidae).

scientific article published on 29 August 2007

The energy costs of sexual dimorphism in mole-rats are morphological not behavioural.

scientific article published in January 2006

The hustle and bustle of city life: monitoring the effects of urbanisation in the African lesser bushbaby

scientific article published on 4 September 2015

The importance of the aggregation of ticks on small mammal hosts for the establishment and persistence of tick-borne pathogens: an investigation using the R(0) model

scientific article published on 19 July 2012

The influence of stress hormones and aggression on cooperative behaviour in subordinate meerkats.

scientific article

The isotopic ecology of African mole rats informs hypotheses on the evolution of human diet

scientific article

The joint effect of micro- and macro-climate on the thermoregulation and heat dissipation of two African mole-rat (Bathyergidae) sub-species, Cryptomys hottentotus mahali and C. h. pretoriae

scientific article published in 2021

The new framework for understanding placental mammal evolution

scientific article

The pituitary potential for opportunistic breeding in the Cape dune mole-rat, Bathyergus suillus

scientific article published on 30 June 2006

The role of host traits, season and group size on parasite burdens in a cooperative mammal

scientific article

The visual system in subterranean African mole-rats (Rodentia, Bathyergidae): retina, subcortical visual nuclei and primary visual cortex

scientific article

Thermoregulation in three species of Afrotropical subterranean mole-rats (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) from Zambia and Angola and scaling within the genus Cryptomys.

scientific article published in March 1994

Tolerance to unfamiliar conspecifics varies with social organization in female African mole-rats

scientific article

Validation of Enzyme Immunoassays via an Adrenocorticotrophic Stimulation Test for the Non-Invasive Quantification of Stress-Related Hormone Metabolites in Naked Mole-Rats

scientific article published in 2023

Validation of noninvasive monitoring of adrenocortical endocrine activity in ground-feeding aardwolves (Proteles cristata): exemplifying the influence of consumption of inorganic material for fecal steroid analysis

scientific article

Workforce Effects and the Evolution of Complex Sociality in Wild Damaraland Mole Rats

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