The Biology of the Naked Mole-Rat

by Jennifer U.M. Jarvis

Book Overview

This volume brings together more than a decade of information collected in the field and lab on the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), a northeast African mammal unique for its physical characteristics and eusociality. Nearly blind and virtually hairless, naked mole-rats inhabit large subterranean colonies in which only one female and her one to three mates conceive offspring, while the young from previous litters maintain and defend the group...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691628866
• ISBN13: 9780691628868
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 2.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"