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MammalBase - Standard Trait value: Semifossorial

Standard Trait value: Semifossorial


Standard Trait value: Semifossorial
Standard Trait: Taxon: Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 (n/a)
Standard Trait value: Semifossorial
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Description: Category 2 I have termed semifossorial. In this category, the animal demonstrates anatomical specializations for burrowing. A burrow is typically used as a refuge, and some digging may be involved in feeding, but the animal shows considerable ability to move about on the surface. The dominant mode of life is a compromise between selective pressures for foraging and avoiding predators on the surface, and the species retains the capacity for extensive burrowing. A typical example of this category would be the pocket mouse, Perognathus californicus, or the badger, Meles meles.
Table 1. List of Source Trait values related with Semifossorial.
Published Trait Trait value Reference
Taxon - Locomotion type Semifossorial Samuels,J. X., 2008, Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in living and extinct rodents, Journal of Morphology
Taxon - Locomotor Semifossorial Paglia,A. P., 2012, Lista Anotada dos Mamíferos do Brasil 2ª Edição Annotated Checklist of Brazilian Mammals,
Taxon - Locomotor Adaptation Semifossorial Samuels, Joshua X., and Blaire Van Valkenburgh. “Skeletal Indicators of Locomotor Adaptations in Living and Extinct Rodents.” J. Morphol. 269, no. 11 (November 2008): 1387–1411. doi:10.1002/jmor.10662.
Taxon - Locomotion Semi-fossorial Lee,A. K., 1985, Evolutionary ecology of marsupials,
Taxon - Locomotion type Semi-fossorial Heptner,VG, 1939, The Turkestan desert shrew, its biology and adaptive peculiarities, Journal of mammalogy
Taxon - Locomotion Subterranean-Terrestrial Smith,A. T., 2013, Mammals of China,
Taxon - Locomotion Subterranean-Terrestrial Superina,Mariella, 2014, Zaedyus pichiy (Cingulata: Dasypodidae), Mammalian Species
Taxon - LOCOMOTOR HABIT Semifossorial Carvalhaes, J.G., Tavares, W.C., do Val Vilela, R. and D’Andrea, P.S., 2022. Phylogenetic, Allometric, and Ecological Factors Affecting Morphological Variation in the Scapula and Humerus of Spiny Rats (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Journal of Mammalian Evolution, pp.1-18.
Taxon - Locomotory categories rock-dwelling Ferreira, J.D., Rinderknecht, A., de Moura Bubadué, J., Gasparetto, L.F., Dozo, M.T., Sánchez-Villagra, M.R. and Kerber, L., 2024. Unveiling the neuroanatomy of Josephoartigasia monesi and the evolution of encephalization in caviomorph rodents. Brain Structure and Function, pp.1-15.