- beetles, wasps, bees), and
arachnids (e.g. spiders) are
fossorial. The
physical adaptation of
fossoriality is
widely accepted as
being widespread among many...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1093/sysbio/syt050. PMID 23925508. Hopkins,
Samantha S.B. (2005). "The
evolution of
fossoriality and the
adaptive role of
horns in the
Mylagaulidae (Mammalia: Rodentia)"...
- on
their forelegs that they use to
grasp females.
Other beetles have
fossorial legs
widened and
often spined for digging.
Species with such adaptations...
-
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...
-
Miocene marsupial mole
Naraboryctes philcreaseri and the
evolution of
fossoriality in notoryctemorphians".
Memoirs of
Museum Victoria. 74: 151–171. doi:10...
- Oryctodromeus, some
ornithischian species seem to have led a
partially fossorial (burrowing) lifestyle. Many
modern birds are
arboreal (tree climbing)...
- subterranean, and
those with
limited adaptations to a
fossorial lifestyle sub-
fossorial. Some
organisms are
fossorial to aid in
temperature regulation while others...
