Natural history of the giant mole-rat, Cryptomys mechowi (rodentia: Bathyergidae), from Zambia

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1003-1015

  Scharff, A ^a   Locker Grutjen O ^a   Kawalika, M ^a   Burda, H ^a  

^a Fachklinik Rhein/Ruhr ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Bathyergidae; Burrow systems; Cryptomys mechowi; Ecology; Habitat

Indexed keywords

BURROW; DIET; EUSOCIALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RODENT;

ZAMBIA;

BATHYERGIDAE; COETOMYS MECHOWI; CRYPTOMYS; RODENTIA; SPALAX GIGANTEUS; VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035206086     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2001)082<1003:NHOTGM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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