- A
fossorial animal (from
Latin fossor 'digger') is one that is
adapted to
digging and
which lives primarily (but not solely) underground.
Examples of...
- 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...
-
Scelotes uluguruensis, the
Uluguru fossorial skink, is a
species of
lizard which is
endemic to Tanzania.
Scelotes uluguruensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile...
- The
fossorial giant rat (Gyldenstolpia fronto) is a
species of
rodent in the
family Cricetidae. It is
found in
Argentina and
Brazil but was determined...
- subterranean, and
those with
limited adaptations to a
fossorial lifestyle sub-
fossorial. Some
organisms are
fossorial to aid in
temperature regulation while others...
- habitat,
including human-made environments.
Species can be arboreal,
fossorial (burrowing), saltatorial/ricochetal (leaping on
their hind legs), or semiaquatic...
- The mole-like rice
tenrec (Oryzorictes hova), also
known as the
fossorial tenrec or hova rice tenrec, is a
species of
mammal in the
tenrec family. Like...
- on
their forelegs that they use to
grasp females.
Other beetles have
fossorial legs
widened and
often spined for digging.
Species with such adaptations...
- The broad-headed
spiny rat (Clyomys laticeps) is a
spiny rat
species from
South America. The
etymology of the
species name is the
Latin word
laticeps meaning...
-
large front legs, a
flattened skull, and a
reduced tail—all
features of a
fossorial (burrowing) lifestyle. In the
early Miocene (about 24 mya), castorids...
