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MeSH Heading: Mole Rats
Tree Number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.992.600
Unique ID: D019577
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019577
Annotation: NIM when experimental animal
Scope Note: Any of several burrowing rodents of the families MURIDAE and Bathyergidae, found in eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia. They have short limbs, small eyes with permanently closed lids, and no tail. Three genera SPALAX (Muridae), Heterocephalus (Bathyergidae) and Cryptomys (Bathyergidae) are used frequently as experimental animals in biomedical research. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed)
Entry Term(s): Cryptomys; Heterocephalus; Mole-Rats; Molerats
Related Numbers: txid10173; txid10180
Previous Indexing: Muridae (1982-1997); Rodentia (1968-1997)
Public MeSH Note: 98
History Note: 98
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2020/09/02

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

psychology (PX)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0029074
Related Numbers: txid10173; txid10180
Scope Note: Any of several burrowing rodents of the families MURIDAE and Bathyergidae, found in eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia. They have short limbs, small eyes with permanently closed lids, and no tail. Three genera SPALAX (Muridae), Heterocephalus (Bathyergidae) and Cryptomys (Bathyergidae) are used frequently as experimental animals in biomedical research. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed)
Terms: Mole Rats Preferred Term
Term UI T058279
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Mole-Rats
Term UI T058278
Date08/23/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Molerats
Term UI T058280
Date08/23/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

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