A Reproductive Dictatorship: Naked Mole-rats
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Description: The eusocial naked mole-rat is the mammalian equivalent of a social insect. This article discusses how and why the dominant queen and the infertile workers cooperate for the benefit of the whole colony.
The Life and Times of the African Naked Mole-Rat The eusocial naked mole-rat is the mammalian equivalent of a social insect ( ). They occur in the arid regions of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia ( ). In subterranean colonies that can commonly contain around 100, but sometimes up to 300 individuals, reproduction is monopolised by a single dominant "queen", and one or two males. The rest of the colony act as "workers", maintaining the burrow system, or "soldiers" defending the colony against foreign mole-rats or predators (
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