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Fukomys damarensis

Known as: Coetomys damarensis, Cryptomys damarensis, Damara mole rat 
National Institutes of Health

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2008
2008
The energetics of huddling in two species of mole-rat (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)
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2007
Highly Cited
2007
Cretaceous Gross Spitzkoppe and Klein Spitzkoppe stocks in Namibia: Topaz-bearing A-type granites related to continental rifting and mantle plume
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of the Pan-African Damara Orogen, Namibia, with implications for tectonothermal and geodynamic evolution
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2004
Highly Cited
2004
Colony structure and parentage in wild colonies of co‐operatively breeding Damaraland mole‐rats suggest incest avoidance alone may not maintain reproductive skew
Colonies of co‐operatively breeding African mole‐rats have traditionally been thought to be composed of a single breeding female… 
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Eusociality in African mole-rats: new insights from patterns of genetic relatedness in the Damaraland mole-rat (Cryptomys damarensis)
After the discovery of eusociality in the naked mole–rat, it was proposed that inbreeding and high colony relatedness in this… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Environmental conditions in burrows of two species of African mole‐rat, Georhychus capensis and Cryptomys damarensis
Temperature and respiratory gas (CO2 and O2) concentrations were measured in the foraging tunnels of burrows naturally inhabited… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
LH responses to single doses of exogenous GnRH by freshly captured Damaraland mole-rats, Cryptomys damarensis.
Pituitary function in reproductive and nonreproductive colony members of Damaraland mole-rats, Cryptomys damarensis, was… 
1991
1991
U-Pb and Rb-Sr isotopic study of granitic gneisses and associated metavolcanic rocks from the rostock massifs, southern margin of the Damara Orogen: implications for lithostratigraphy of this crustal…
Rb-Sr ages and U-Pb zircon ages have been obtained for several granitic gneisses and for porphyritic rocks of an associated… 
1987
1987
Allozyme differentiation and systematics of the endemic subterranean mole rats of South Africa
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1986
Highly Cited
1986
The metabolism of social subterranean rodents: adaptation to aridity
SummaryThe social Damara mole-rat Cryptomys damarensis (124 g), has a mean (±SD) resting metabolic rate of 0.57±0.09 cm3 O2 g-1 h… 
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