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Exifia — Lesser mole-rat skeleton
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Published: 2020-01-02 12:49:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 286; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 1
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Happy new year! Wishing you all the best for 2020!!
Let's start the year with the skeleton of an awesome species: the lesser mole-rat (Spalax leucodon, or Nannospalax leucodon). The species occurs in southeastern Europe.
Lesser mole-rats have no tail (the tail bones stay 'inside' the bum) and their small eyes are covered by a layer of skin, making them completely blind. Unlike most fossorial mammals, they don't dig with their front feet. Rather, they burrow through the soil using a powerful set of teeth. How cool is that?
