- beetles, wasps, bees), and
arachnids (e.g. spiders) are
fossorial. The
physical adaptation of
fossoriality is
widely accepted as
being widespread among many...
- 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...
- oral aperture. All
species in the
family Typhlopidae are
fossorial and feed on
social fossorial invertebrates such as
termites and ants. The
tracheal lung...
- semierect,
unlike the
fully erect posture of most
other notosuchians. A
fossorial, or burrowing,
lifestyle for
Simosuchus has been
suggested in its initial...
- Oryctodromeus, some
ornithischian species seem to have led a
partially fossorial (burrowing) lifestyle. Many
modern birds are
arboreal (tree climbing)...
- The Townsend's mole (Scap**** townsendii) is a
fossorial mammal in the
family Talpidae, and is the
largest North American mole. It was
named after the...
-
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...
- 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)"...
- 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...
- 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...
