What a weird little creature. Any word on why they don't have any hair like other mammals? — Frecklefoot | Talk 16:11, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)
They have hair. It's just fine and sparse. Concentrated on their heads, base of tail, and between toes.
True. Dora Nichov 03:28, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Naked mole rats were featured in the San Diego Zoo's February 2005 issue ZooNooz. According to this article, the queen mates with 1-3 chosen males, is attended by a few additional mole rats, and bears up to 80 pups a year. The remaining mole rats basically dig tunnels and find food. This article also states that the queen's aggression inhibits other females from becoming fertile, and notes that the absence of Substance P inhibits the feeling of pain. Once a female becomes queen, she actually grows longer as her vertebrae separate. The incisors are used for digging, and can actually be spread apart or drawn together, like chopstick, using muscles comprising about 1/4 of the total muscle mass - Carl Kaun (email in format lastname_firstname@bah.com)
I've been able to find surprisingly little info on naked mole rat diet. What do they eat underground out in the African desert? I'm assuming probably insects, but has their natural diet been ascertained? -- Bk0 ( Talk) 02:26, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
According to Daniel Dennett's book Darwin's Dangerous Idea (pg 484), they regularly eat their own feces. He doesn't say what else they eat, though... JordanDeLong 03:14, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
They eat roots. Dora Nichov 03:27, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
I added some information about this from The Selfish Gene. I might have overdone the ref markup; I'm not sure how many references are appropriate when it all comes from one source.... JordanDeLong 05:59, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Don't get it. Dora Nichov 11:46, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
I changed a little word-usage error, "nearly unique." There are no degrees of unique. It either is or it isn't.
It looks better on kim possible.lolPeace, Cute 1 4 u 07:23, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
I agree, they are ugly! I guess they don't have to look good cause their eyesight's so bad. LOL PEACE -Pop-Tart(don't ask) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.166.232.131 ( talk) 23:47, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
I don't think the redirection from Sand Rat to this page is right. Sand Rat is from genus Psammomys and species obesus, which is different from the animal mentioned in this page.
Sand rats are definately different from naked-mole rats. Dora Nichov 03:27, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
The article defines them as being "nearly cold blooded" and "virtually cold blooded" but makes no effort to distinguish the differences between them and the cold blooded of say a reptile. What is the purpose behind the "nearly" and "virtually" qualifiers? I'm actually very interested in knowing how they're not really cold blooded, or if they really are. I personally thought they were and if they're not really, it would be nice to know the details of why or why not.
I heard on a nature channel that the queen mole rat can extend her spine once she becomes queen to become larger than the other rats. is this true? If so, should it be added to the article? Sliver Slave ( talk) 00:43, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Below is a copy of the original request/response, located here). If you people are as annoyed as I am at the chronic vandalism that this article suffers, please feel free to weigh in at the above location, or to make a new request here. -- Wormcast ( talk) 22:43, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
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Naked Mole Rats May Hold Clues to Successful Aging. newswise.com ( UT Science Center at San Antonio. 04-Mar-2009 ) nennt Viviana Perez (fellow at the Barshop Institute), Asish Chaudhuri and Co-author Rochelle Buffenstein (professor of physiology at the Barshop Institute):
-- aaaah ( post ?), 93.196.75.38 16:33, 17 May 2009 (UTC) -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.196.75.38 ( talk)
The article currently says, "This eusocial organisation social structure, similar to that found in ants, termites, and some bees and wasps, is very rare among mammals." Continue the thought: It is not found at all among non-mammalian vertabrates. Might also point out there are species in the genus Synalpheus that are eusocial (according to the book Superorganism).
Then again, eusociality is very rare, period -- there aren't that many insect species that are eusocial, and no arachnids or crustaceans are. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.50.234.152 ( talk) 04:59, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
Why is it nowhere mentioned that there is also parthenogenesis among mole rats?-- 80.141.181.67 ( talk) 15:18, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
It is mentioned that wild females will breed once/year, but Jarvis and Sherman (2002) show that wild naked mole-rats will breed year-round, 4-5 times. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.17.133.22 ( talk) 03:00, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Why was this version reverted? I thought it was a very nice, yet simple explanation for this significant recent research. The article should have more of this kind of content, not less. -- Aranae ( talk) 22:43, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
"It is one of only two known eusocial mammals (the other being the Damaraland mole rat)"
Aren't humans considered to be eusocial? If not - why not? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.209.109.194 ( talk) 20:58, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
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My research group, in collaboration with another group, has just published a new article about how histamine-induced itch is absent in the naked mole-rat - the paper's reference (open access) is: Absence of histamine-induced itch in the African naked mole-rat and "rescue" by Substance P. Ewan St. John Smith, Gregory R. C. Blass, Gary R. Lewin, Thomas J. Park
Molecular Pain 2010, 6:29 (24 May 2010).
In view of this new, peer reviewed, published information, I would like to add the following edit at the end of the "Physical Description" part about naked mole-rats. The reference given above should be cited at the end of the paragraph.
Not only is pain signaling unusual in the naked mole-rat, but it has also been shown that pathways involved in itching/scratching are also different to other rodents. Histamine is one substance released by cells of the immune system during allergic reactions and it induces itching. Furthermore, injecting histamine into human volunteers and many rodent species/strains brings about batches of scratching behavior, but recent experiments show that naked mole-rats do not scratch in response to histamine. However, similar to the "rescuing" of capsaicin sensitivity, intrathecal administration of substance P was able to "rescue" sensitivity to histamine. It was concluded that a portion of the same sensory nerve fiber population that is responsible for transmitting capsaicin “pain” information may also transmit histamine “itch” information and thus the theory about altered spinal cord dorsal horn connectivity of sensory nerve fibers that underly the lack of itch and pain-related behavior in the naked mole-rat is reinforced.
Psalmotoxin ( talk) 14:09, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
I am a little confused - 1) original research is currently cited in the article; 2) I did provide a reference for the information in the first sentence that I wrote - Molecular Pain is a peer reviewed journal - here is the link to the abstract http://www.molecularpain.com/content/6/1/29 3) I am already an author of other work that is cited on the naked mole rat page, e.g. cite number 2 Park et al. in PLoS Biology - I cannot say what third party verified that article, but I assume that peer review and publication is enough?
Psalmotoxin ( talk) 08:49, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
All cool. Glad that the info. can be added. On a second point, I do not know if this is doable, but the rest of the information about substance P/pain, while not being incorrect, could be summarized more adequately - I would be willing to write a draft of this if that would be appreciated?
Psalmotoxin ( talk) 12:01, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
The naked mole-rat reacts differently to histamine injections than other rodents. Injecting many species caused them to itch, but the mole-rat does not - however, adding substance P does make them react.
...followed by the reasoning/conclusions which I don't really understand (re. "altered spinal cord dorsal horn connectivity"
Thanks for adding. Points taken re writing for layperson and avoiding unnecessary detail. Much of the current info. could do with a better referenced, more correct overhaul - hopefully I can find the time to write a draft in the next wee while.
Psalmotoxin ( talk) 06:59, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
Should it be mentioned that a naked mole rat is a character in the children's animated show Kim Possible? -- 69.169.163.169 ( talk) 05:20, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
The following is text I removed from the vitamin D article that may be better incorporated here.
Interestingly, the naked mole rat is resistant to aging, never gets cancer [1], maintains healthy vascular function [2] and is the longest lived of all rodents. [3]
Yobol ( talk) 17:26, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
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What are some common causes of death among NMRs other than injuries/starvation/etc? Everything Is Numbers ( talk) 11:07, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
This is a really minor point, but here goes... Should mole rat have a hyphen (mole-rat) or not? The article uses "mole rat" but many of the references use "mole-rat". I think I have too much time on my hands!__ DrChrissy ( talk) 19:56, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
In his 1938 short story Hyperpilosity, L. Sprague de Camp referred to "a pair of East African sand rats — Heterocephalus — hideous-looking things". Has that name been used anywhere else, and should we include it in the article? DS ( talk) 18:21, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
1. I'm not finding where the larger Naked Mole Rats actually guard the nest. Possibly cite or change to something more accurate 2. Possibly provide some information on research that has been done to determine the eusocial characteristics in mole rats 3. Also change the females are temporarily sterile to something along the lines that most females will most likely never breed and that their ovaries appear to be unactive
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Should there be an in popular culture section? Naked mole rats prominently feature in the TV show Kim Possible. Bobbbcat ( talk) 00:31, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
Just to add that the mole-rat's lifespan is ten times longer than that of an ordinary rat or mouse (see section "Longevity"). Thank you 176.147.224.55 ( talk) 10:44, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
Just to add that the mole-rat's lifespan (section "Longevity") is ten times longer than that of an ordinary rat or mouse one example of a source, for the Norway rat). Thank you 176.147.224.55 ( talk) 08:40, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
This article says that the naked mole-rat belongs to the family “Heterocephalidae”. According to itis.gov Heterocephalinae is the subfamily that the naked mole-rat belongs in. The family that it belongs in is Bathyergidae. The “Rodent” page in Wikipedia also does not list “Heterocephalidae” as a family in the “Classification and evolution” section. I am pretty sure the ITIS page is reliable. Can the admins (or whoever can edit this page) change this? Links: Wikipedia “Rodents” page - /info/en/?search=Rodent itis.gov “Standart Report Page: Heterocephalus glaber(the naked mole-rat)” Ilh758 ( talk) 16:07, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
(Edited in steps, because Mobile "add discussion" did not work and lost my text.)
According to source [64], dispensers migrate to other colonies and are maybe accepted as breeders from the existing queen. So this dispensers are male. According to https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200227122113.htm, dispensers found new colonies ("naked mole rats disperse -- or leave their underground colony to mate with an outsider and form a new colony -- by migrating above ground."). So this dispensers must be female and maybe male ones. (There is nothing written who starts building the new colony, male or female or both.) So, what do dispensers do after leaving the birth colony?
Also according to source [64], "New colonies are assumed to form by fission of existing groups ...". New sources about how new colonies are founded would be interesting.
Simohe ( talk) 10:26, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
The photo in the infobox makes it seem as though naked mole-rats had no eyes at all. If it were up to me, I'd put one of the photos from further below in the article, showing the eyes, as the infobox photo. -- 92.209.47.17 ( talk) 00:00, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I'd like to inform you that the longest lifespan for a rodent mentioned on this page has been surpassed according to more recent sources in the page for the Porcupine [1].
Cheers and have a good one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apocryphor ( talk • contribs) 13:01, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
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It is claimed that the naked mole-rat is closely related to the Damaraland mole-rat species. However, according to the taxonomy on this page, these species don’t belong to the same family nor superfamily. It appears that these species do belong the same parvorder though. But, as two animal species that are so distantly related to each other, describing them as “closely-related” seems incorrect.
Instead, it should probably be replaced to “distantly-related”, or the term “closely-related” should simply be removed altogether. I’d imagine that there’s already commonly confusion about the evolutionary relationship of the two species, due to them both being called “mole-rats”. So, this correction might help slightly. 2001:1C00:161C:9D00:695C:80B0:C796:C5AB ( talk) 20:25, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
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I suggest the parenthetical in the "Longevity section be changed from "(up to 32 years[16][36])" to "(up to 32 years and older [16][36])".
Reference 36 is clear that of the naked mole rats present in the 30 year study, over 60% were still alive after it's conclusion. This quote is from the same source: "This survival estimate suggested the naked mole-rat maximal lifespan to be far longer than the current 30 year published record (Lewis and Buffenstein, 2016; Buffenstein, 2008)."
Reference 36: https://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Heterocephalus_glaber Zxerxiz ( talk) 04:44, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
Naked mole-rats can live longer than any other rodent, with lifespans in excess of 37 years; the next longest-lived rodent is the African porcupine at 28 years. [1] [2]Xan747 ( talk) 14:19, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
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What a weird little creature. Any word on why they don't have any hair like other mammals? — Frecklefoot | Talk 16:11, Jan 7, 2005 (UTC)
They have hair. It's just fine and sparse. Concentrated on their heads, base of tail, and between toes.
True. Dora Nichov 03:28, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Naked mole rats were featured in the San Diego Zoo's February 2005 issue ZooNooz. According to this article, the queen mates with 1-3 chosen males, is attended by a few additional mole rats, and bears up to 80 pups a year. The remaining mole rats basically dig tunnels and find food. This article also states that the queen's aggression inhibits other females from becoming fertile, and notes that the absence of Substance P inhibits the feeling of pain. Once a female becomes queen, she actually grows longer as her vertebrae separate. The incisors are used for digging, and can actually be spread apart or drawn together, like chopstick, using muscles comprising about 1/4 of the total muscle mass - Carl Kaun (email in format lastname_firstname@bah.com)
I've been able to find surprisingly little info on naked mole rat diet. What do they eat underground out in the African desert? I'm assuming probably insects, but has their natural diet been ascertained? -- Bk0 ( Talk) 02:26, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
According to Daniel Dennett's book Darwin's Dangerous Idea (pg 484), they regularly eat their own feces. He doesn't say what else they eat, though... JordanDeLong 03:14, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
They eat roots. Dora Nichov 03:27, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
I added some information about this from The Selfish Gene. I might have overdone the ref markup; I'm not sure how many references are appropriate when it all comes from one source.... JordanDeLong 05:59, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Don't get it. Dora Nichov 11:46, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
I changed a little word-usage error, "nearly unique." There are no degrees of unique. It either is or it isn't.
It looks better on kim possible.lolPeace, Cute 1 4 u 07:23, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
I agree, they are ugly! I guess they don't have to look good cause their eyesight's so bad. LOL PEACE -Pop-Tart(don't ask) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.166.232.131 ( talk) 23:47, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
I don't think the redirection from Sand Rat to this page is right. Sand Rat is from genus Psammomys and species obesus, which is different from the animal mentioned in this page.
Sand rats are definately different from naked-mole rats. Dora Nichov 03:27, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
The article defines them as being "nearly cold blooded" and "virtually cold blooded" but makes no effort to distinguish the differences between them and the cold blooded of say a reptile. What is the purpose behind the "nearly" and "virtually" qualifiers? I'm actually very interested in knowing how they're not really cold blooded, or if they really are. I personally thought they were and if they're not really, it would be nice to know the details of why or why not.
I heard on a nature channel that the queen mole rat can extend her spine once she becomes queen to become larger than the other rats. is this true? If so, should it be added to the article? Sliver Slave ( talk) 00:43, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Below is a copy of the original request/response, located here). If you people are as annoyed as I am at the chronic vandalism that this article suffers, please feel free to weigh in at the above location, or to make a new request here. -- Wormcast ( talk) 22:43, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protect. Chronic, frequent IP vandalism. Note: temporary semi-protection has been tried , and had no lasting deterrent effect. This is not some particular grudge or disgruntled editor(s); the title of the article just attracts the immature. At this point, the bulk of the work done on the article is more or less reverting vandalism. Wormcast ( talk) 05:34, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
Naked Mole Rats May Hold Clues to Successful Aging. newswise.com ( UT Science Center at San Antonio. 04-Mar-2009 ) nennt Viviana Perez (fellow at the Barshop Institute), Asish Chaudhuri and Co-author Rochelle Buffenstein (professor of physiology at the Barshop Institute):
-- aaaah ( post ?), 93.196.75.38 16:33, 17 May 2009 (UTC) -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.196.75.38 ( talk)
The article currently says, "This eusocial organisation social structure, similar to that found in ants, termites, and some bees and wasps, is very rare among mammals." Continue the thought: It is not found at all among non-mammalian vertabrates. Might also point out there are species in the genus Synalpheus that are eusocial (according to the book Superorganism).
Then again, eusociality is very rare, period -- there aren't that many insect species that are eusocial, and no arachnids or crustaceans are. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.50.234.152 ( talk) 04:59, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
Why is it nowhere mentioned that there is also parthenogenesis among mole rats?-- 80.141.181.67 ( talk) 15:18, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
It is mentioned that wild females will breed once/year, but Jarvis and Sherman (2002) show that wild naked mole-rats will breed year-round, 4-5 times. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.17.133.22 ( talk) 03:00, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
Why was this version reverted? I thought it was a very nice, yet simple explanation for this significant recent research. The article should have more of this kind of content, not less. -- Aranae ( talk) 22:43, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
"It is one of only two known eusocial mammals (the other being the Damaraland mole rat)"
Aren't humans considered to be eusocial? If not - why not? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.209.109.194 ( talk) 20:58, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
{{editsemiprotected}}
My research group, in collaboration with another group, has just published a new article about how histamine-induced itch is absent in the naked mole-rat - the paper's reference (open access) is: Absence of histamine-induced itch in the African naked mole-rat and "rescue" by Substance P. Ewan St. John Smith, Gregory R. C. Blass, Gary R. Lewin, Thomas J. Park
Molecular Pain 2010, 6:29 (24 May 2010).
In view of this new, peer reviewed, published information, I would like to add the following edit at the end of the "Physical Description" part about naked mole-rats. The reference given above should be cited at the end of the paragraph.
Not only is pain signaling unusual in the naked mole-rat, but it has also been shown that pathways involved in itching/scratching are also different to other rodents. Histamine is one substance released by cells of the immune system during allergic reactions and it induces itching. Furthermore, injecting histamine into human volunteers and many rodent species/strains brings about batches of scratching behavior, but recent experiments show that naked mole-rats do not scratch in response to histamine. However, similar to the "rescuing" of capsaicin sensitivity, intrathecal administration of substance P was able to "rescue" sensitivity to histamine. It was concluded that a portion of the same sensory nerve fiber population that is responsible for transmitting capsaicin “pain” information may also transmit histamine “itch” information and thus the theory about altered spinal cord dorsal horn connectivity of sensory nerve fibers that underly the lack of itch and pain-related behavior in the naked mole-rat is reinforced.
Psalmotoxin ( talk) 14:09, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
I am a little confused - 1) original research is currently cited in the article; 2) I did provide a reference for the information in the first sentence that I wrote - Molecular Pain is a peer reviewed journal - here is the link to the abstract http://www.molecularpain.com/content/6/1/29 3) I am already an author of other work that is cited on the naked mole rat page, e.g. cite number 2 Park et al. in PLoS Biology - I cannot say what third party verified that article, but I assume that peer review and publication is enough?
Psalmotoxin ( talk) 08:49, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
All cool. Glad that the info. can be added. On a second point, I do not know if this is doable, but the rest of the information about substance P/pain, while not being incorrect, could be summarized more adequately - I would be willing to write a draft of this if that would be appreciated?
Psalmotoxin ( talk) 12:01, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
The naked mole-rat reacts differently to histamine injections than other rodents. Injecting many species caused them to itch, but the mole-rat does not - however, adding substance P does make them react.
...followed by the reasoning/conclusions which I don't really understand (re. "altered spinal cord dorsal horn connectivity"
Thanks for adding. Points taken re writing for layperson and avoiding unnecessary detail. Much of the current info. could do with a better referenced, more correct overhaul - hopefully I can find the time to write a draft in the next wee while.
Psalmotoxin ( talk) 06:59, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
Should it be mentioned that a naked mole rat is a character in the children's animated show Kim Possible? -- 69.169.163.169 ( talk) 05:20, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
The following is text I removed from the vitamin D article that may be better incorporated here.
Interestingly, the naked mole rat is resistant to aging, never gets cancer [1], maintains healthy vascular function [2] and is the longest lived of all rodents. [3]
Yobol ( talk) 17:26, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
References
What are some common causes of death among NMRs other than injuries/starvation/etc? Everything Is Numbers ( talk) 11:07, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
This is a really minor point, but here goes... Should mole rat have a hyphen (mole-rat) or not? The article uses "mole rat" but many of the references use "mole-rat". I think I have too much time on my hands!__ DrChrissy ( talk) 19:56, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
In his 1938 short story Hyperpilosity, L. Sprague de Camp referred to "a pair of East African sand rats — Heterocephalus — hideous-looking things". Has that name been used anywhere else, and should we include it in the article? DS ( talk) 18:21, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
1. I'm not finding where the larger Naked Mole Rats actually guard the nest. Possibly cite or change to something more accurate 2. Possibly provide some information on research that has been done to determine the eusocial characteristics in mole rats 3. Also change the females are temporarily sterile to something along the lines that most females will most likely never breed and that their ovaries appear to be unactive
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Should there be an in popular culture section? Naked mole rats prominently feature in the TV show Kim Possible. Bobbbcat ( talk) 00:31, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
Just to add that the mole-rat's lifespan is ten times longer than that of an ordinary rat or mouse (see section "Longevity"). Thank you 176.147.224.55 ( talk) 10:44, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
Just to add that the mole-rat's lifespan (section "Longevity") is ten times longer than that of an ordinary rat or mouse one example of a source, for the Norway rat). Thank you 176.147.224.55 ( talk) 08:40, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
This article says that the naked mole-rat belongs to the family “Heterocephalidae”. According to itis.gov Heterocephalinae is the subfamily that the naked mole-rat belongs in. The family that it belongs in is Bathyergidae. The “Rodent” page in Wikipedia also does not list “Heterocephalidae” as a family in the “Classification and evolution” section. I am pretty sure the ITIS page is reliable. Can the admins (or whoever can edit this page) change this? Links: Wikipedia “Rodents” page - /info/en/?search=Rodent itis.gov “Standart Report Page: Heterocephalus glaber(the naked mole-rat)” Ilh758 ( talk) 16:07, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
(Edited in steps, because Mobile "add discussion" did not work and lost my text.)
According to source [64], dispensers migrate to other colonies and are maybe accepted as breeders from the existing queen. So this dispensers are male. According to https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200227122113.htm, dispensers found new colonies ("naked mole rats disperse -- or leave their underground colony to mate with an outsider and form a new colony -- by migrating above ground."). So this dispensers must be female and maybe male ones. (There is nothing written who starts building the new colony, male or female or both.) So, what do dispensers do after leaving the birth colony?
Also according to source [64], "New colonies are assumed to form by fission of existing groups ...". New sources about how new colonies are founded would be interesting.
Simohe ( talk) 10:26, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
The photo in the infobox makes it seem as though naked mole-rats had no eyes at all. If it were up to me, I'd put one of the photos from further below in the article, showing the eyes, as the infobox photo. -- 92.209.47.17 ( talk) 00:00, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
Hello, I'd like to inform you that the longest lifespan for a rodent mentioned on this page has been surpassed according to more recent sources in the page for the Porcupine [1].
Cheers and have a good one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apocryphor ( talk • contribs) 13:01, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
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It is claimed that the naked mole-rat is closely related to the Damaraland mole-rat species. However, according to the taxonomy on this page, these species don’t belong to the same family nor superfamily. It appears that these species do belong the same parvorder though. But, as two animal species that are so distantly related to each other, describing them as “closely-related” seems incorrect.
Instead, it should probably be replaced to “distantly-related”, or the term “closely-related” should simply be removed altogether. I’d imagine that there’s already commonly confusion about the evolutionary relationship of the two species, due to them both being called “mole-rats”. So, this correction might help slightly. 2001:1C00:161C:9D00:695C:80B0:C796:C5AB ( talk) 20:25, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
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I suggest the parenthetical in the "Longevity section be changed from "(up to 32 years[16][36])" to "(up to 32 years and older [16][36])".
Reference 36 is clear that of the naked mole rats present in the 30 year study, over 60% were still alive after it's conclusion. This quote is from the same source: "This survival estimate suggested the naked mole-rat maximal lifespan to be far longer than the current 30 year published record (Lewis and Buffenstein, 2016; Buffenstein, 2008)."
Reference 36: https://genomics.senescence.info/species/entry.php?species=Heterocephalus_glaber Zxerxiz ( talk) 04:44, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
Naked mole-rats can live longer than any other rodent, with lifespans in excess of 37 years; the next longest-lived rodent is the African porcupine at 28 years. [1] [2]Xan747 ( talk) 14:19, 1 August 2023 (UTC)
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Please find a citation for " Symbiotic bacteria in their intestines ferment the fibres, allowing otherwise indigestible cellulose to be turned into volatile fatty acids." Much appreciated. Zanrahan ( talk) 09:20, 13 November 2023 (UTC)