Concept information
Preferred term
Mole Rats
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Mole-Rat
- Molerat
- Mole-Rats
- Molerats
Note
- NIM when experimental animal
Scope note
- Any of several burrowing rodents of the families MURIDAE and Bathyergidae, found in eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia. They have short limbs, small eyes with permanently closed lids, and no tail. Three genera SPALAX (Muridae), Heterocephalus (Bathyergidae) and Cryptomys (Bathyergidae) are used frequently as experimental animals in biomedical research. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed)
History note
- 98
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019577
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