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Some facts about the
African mole rat
Adult weight : 0.133 kg (0.2926 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 11 years
Female maturity :450 days
Gestation : 81 days
Weaning : 46 days
Litter size : 3
Litters per year : 2
Interval between litters : 132 days
Weight at birth : 0.009 kg (0.0198 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 0.026 kg (0.0572 lbs)
Body mass : 0.079 kg (0.1738 lbs)
Temperature : 34.85 °C (94.73 °F)
African mole rat
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Bathyergidae
Species : Cryptomys hottentotus
The African mole rat is listed as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the African mole rat
A young / baby of a African mole rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A African mole rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.Habitats
Artificial / Terrestrial, Caves, Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic), Grassland, Pastureland, Rural Gardens, Shrubland, Subtropical / Tropical Dry Grassland and Subtropical / Tropical Dry Shrubland
Facts about the African mole rat
com editorial descriptions of this work:Book Description: African mole-rats are a unique taxon of subterranean rodents that range in sociality from solitary-dwelling species to two "eusocial" species, the Damaraland mole-rat and the naked mole-rat. (Full text)
African mole-rats are a unique taxon of subterranean rodents that range in sociality from solitary-dwelling species to two "eusocial" species, the Damaraland mole-rat and the naked mole-rat. (Full text)
Synopsis: African mole-rats are a unique taxon of subterranean rodents that range in sociality from solitary-dwelling species to two "eusocial" species, the Damaraland mole-rat and the naked mole-rat. (Full text)
"African mole-rats are very good models for studying social structure. (Full text)
Mole-rats revisited: but with some lack of information African mole-rats are an endemic family (Bathyergidae) of subterranean rodents in sub-Saharan Africa including the famous naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) which has become subject of a separate book published in 1991. (Full text)
"African mole-rats are very good models for studying social structure," said researcher Colleen Ingram, of Texas A&M University. (Full text)