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Original title:	Nacktmulle - Tunnelbauer der ostafrikanischen Trockensavannen
Order number:	C 12581
Authors:	Petry, Hanspeter (München)
Description:	In the barren dry-savannas of East Africa lives the strange Naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber). The behaviour of these nearly mouse-sized rodents in their underground burrow system is shown, also their remarkable anatomical and physiological particularities, which are an adaptation to the extreme conditions of their habitat.
Classification:	biology; zoology; ethology, morphology; vertebrata - vertebrates; mammalia - mammals; rodentia - rodents;
Keywords:	adaptation / Mammalia; Bathyergidae; burrow / mammalia; digging / Insectivora; evolution / adaptation; Heterocephalus glaber; locomotion / rodentia; morphology / rodentia; naked mole rat; savanna / habitat; walking / rodentia;
Year of production:	2003
Year of publication:	2004
Producer:	Institut für Tierphysiologie, Universität München (München)
Publication:	IWF (Göttingen)
Distributor:	IWF (Göttingen)
Availability:	DVD-Video or video for sale
Technical data:	Video ; F ; 8 min; available languages: Komm. de

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