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Incisors as digging tools in molerats (Bathyergidae)

Published in: South African Journal of Zoology
Volume 33 , issue 4, pages: 230–235

DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1998.11448476

Author(s): M. van der MerweDepartment of Zoology & Entomology, South Africa, A.J. BothaUnit for Electron Microscopy, University of Pretoria, South Africa,

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Abstract

The angle at which the incisors project forward and the amount of enamel per incisor is greater in molerats that use their incisors for digging (genera Georychus and Cryptomys), than in those molerats that do not use the incisors for digging (genus Bathyergus).

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