🐁Naked mole-rat
The naked mole-rat, also known as the sand puppy, is a burrowing rodent native to the Horn of Africa and parts of Kenya, notably in Somali regions. It is closely related to the blesmols and is the only species in the genus Heterocephalus.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 0.04 kg
- Body length
- 0.11 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 28 years
Everything we know about the Naked mole-rat
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.04 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.04 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length0.11 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass0.52 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan28 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 31 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length4.52 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity228 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation70 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 70 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter sizeabout 9COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 7AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density11,100 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Naked mole-rat yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familyBathyergidae
- ›genusHeterocephalus
- ›speciesHeterocephalus glaber
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- familyBathyergidae
- genusHeterocephalus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderHystricomorpha
- familyBathyergidae
- genusHeterocephalus
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