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Naked mole rats

Heterocephalus glaber

Photo by shebebusynow
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Field Notes

Description:

hairless, blind rats that look like "pinkies" but old. They live in underground colonies, and aren't as apt runners as above-ground rats.

Habitat:

native to dry east Africa; these were in the Oregon Zoo

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PublishedJuly 24, 2011

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