Pearsonomys annectans Patterson, 1992, a semi-fossorial Chilean murid. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
Burrow structure and fossorial ecology of the springhare Pedetes capensis in Botswana. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
And those big hands that moles have testify to their underground lifestyle, fancy word -- fossorial. From Wordnik.com. [Urban Wildlife Watch: Moles and Shrews] Reference
Slow-worms are nocturnal and semi-fossorial and mostly occur in well-vegetated places with thick ground cover and loose soils. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
These include colonial fossorial rodents (marmots, ground squirrels) large birds of prey, and phytophagous insects (grasshoppers). From Wordnik.com. [Kazakh steppe] Reference
Malaxation: a kneading or softening; applied to the chewing and squeezing by fossorial wasps of insects captured as food for their larva. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The aquatic origin seems very illogical since no aquatic lineage of lizard has ever lost its limbs but fossorial lizards have undergone limb reduction or loss on multiple occasions. From Wordnik.com. [In the, "it's so sad, it's funny" category today... - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Of special interest to me right now are the dinosaurs of the British Wealden (of course), the intriguing tie-ins between Wealden fossil collectors, Conan Doyle's Lost World and the Piltdown fiasco, convergence between different fossorial tetrapods, manatee evolution, and British big cats (yes, really). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference
Four of the endemics are representatives of the three endemic genera in the hotspot: a rodent (Microakodontomys transitorius), known only from a single specimen collected in 1986 in the Brasília National Park; the Candango mouse (Juscelinomys candango), a semi-fossorial rodent first discovered in 1960 on the site of the capital, Brasília, then under construction, and which has never again been collected; and the cerrado mouse (Thalpomys cerradensis) and hairy-eared cerrado mouse (T. lasiotis). From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the Cerrado] Reference
He goes on to add: "The anterior limbs are decidedly fossorial, and the hinder suited for walking in a sub-plantigrade manner; both wholly unfitted for rapatory or scansorial purposes.". From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
Again in the fossorial hymenoptera, the neuration of the wings is a character of the highest importance, because common to large groups; but in certain genera the neuration differs in the different species, and likewise in the two sexes of the same species. From Wordnik.com. [V. Laws of Variation. Specific Characters More Variable Than Generic Characters] Reference
The Candango or Brasilia burrowing mouse Juscelinomys candango Moojen, 1965, a semi-fossorial murid discovered in 1960, known from 9 specimens, last collected in 1990, and now possibly extinct (the Brazilian site where it was discovered was destroyed and built on). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
Other animals endemic to this ecoregion include the Fitzroy River turtle (Rheodytes leukops VU), flecked fossorial lizard (Calyptotis temporalis), yellow-lipped scalyfoot (Delma labialis), unadorned rock-wallaby (Petrogale inornata), and the russet-tailed thrush (Zoothera heinei). From Wordnik.com. [Brigalow tropical savanna] Reference
Westwood has remarked, the number varies greatly; and the number likewise differs in the two sexes of the same species: again in fossorial hymenoptera, the manner of neuration of the wings is a character of the highest importance, because common to large groups; but in certain genera the neuration differs in the different species, and likewise in the two sexes of the same species. From Wordnik.com. [On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition)] Reference
Most basal snakes are fossorial and have a similar body plan despite taxonomic divergence e.g. From Wordnik.com. [In the, "it's so sad, it's funny" category today... - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
fossorial burrowing species, which habit, along with their small size, would account for sporadic detection, often small numbers per lot, and a paucity of live-collected material. From Wordnik.com. [How I determined this was Hawaiia minuscula] Reference
The same number of joints in the tarsi is a character generally common to very large groups of beetles, but in the Engidae, as Westwood has remarked, the number varies greatly; and the number likewise differs in the two sexes of the same species: again in fossorial hymenoptera, the manner of neuration of the wings is a character of the highest importance, because common to large groups; but in certain genera the neuration differs in the different species, and likewise in the two sexes of the same species. From Wordnik.com. [On the origin of species] Reference
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