- 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...
- 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...
- oral aperture. All
species in the
family Typhlopidae are
fossorial and feed on
social fossorial invertebrates such as
termites and ants. The
tracheal lung...
-
Miocene marsupial mole
Naraboryctes philcreaseri and the
evolution of
fossoriality in notoryctemorphians".
Memoirs of
Museum Victoria. 74: 151–171. doi:10...
- semierect,
unlike the
fully erect posture of most
other notosuchians. A
fossorial, or burrowing,
lifestyle for
Simosuchus has been
suggested in its initial...
- hind feet, with
tails extended and the body
almost horizontal. As semi-
fossorial,
burrowing surface foragers, the tiny
hopping mice
spend a
great deal...
-
ecologically diverse, with
members ranging from
fully arboreal to
terrestrial to
fossorial to
semiaquatic habits. They
presently exist mainly in
South America; three...
-
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...
