Naked mole rat

Naked mole rat
Heterocephalus glaber / Naked mole rat

Naked mole rat

Habitat: Semi-deserts and dry grasslands
Continent: Africa
Food: Tubers, roots and other underground plant parts
Gestation/breeding period: 70 days
Mode of life: Highly social family groups with mostly 75, but up to 300 animals
Class: Mammals
Order: Rodentia

Key facts

~ 10 cm
size

30 - 50 g
weight

~ 20 years
age

How endangered are Naked mole rats?

by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)

Not evaluated
Data deficient
Least concern Least concern
Near threatened
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct in the wild
Extinct

Did you know?

The naked mole rat is probably immune to cancer and has a reduced sense of pain.