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unusual facts about Mole rat


Cape Eagle-Owl

Mole rats are locally often a favorite prey item and 1 to 3 mole rats can be taken each night during the breeding season.



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Jos Plateau

The plateau is home to West Africa’s only population of klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus porteousi), as well as several endemic birds and mammals, including Nigerian mole rat (Cryptomys foxi) and Fox's shaggy rat (Dasymys foxi) the rock firefinch (Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis) and the Jos Plateau indigobird (Vidua maryae).

Kazakhstan blind mole rat

Kazakhstan Blind Mole Rat (Spalax uralensis, alternatively Ural Blind Mole Rat) is an extant species of blind mole rat indigenous to Kazakhstan, along the Ural River basin and the flood plains of the Uil, Temir, and Emba rivers.

Upper Galilee Mountains blind mole rat

The Upper Galilee Mountains blind mole rat (Spalax galili) is an extant species of subterranean rodent within the Spalacidae family, indigenous to Upper Galilee in northern Israel.