Masticatory muscle features allow for an understanding of how dietary habits and
masticatory functions have evolved across mammalian lineages. Herbivorous mammals …

The petrosal lobules (in whole or part homologous with the paraflocculi) of the cerebellum
regulate functions associated with vision including smooth pursuit and velocity control of eye …

Different aspects of the biology of African mole-rats (Bathyergidae) are well-documented.
However, much less investigated are the burrowing adaptations of their appendicular …

Whether the forelimb‐digging apparatus of tooth‐digging subterranean mammals has
similar levels of specialization as compared to scratch‐diggers is still unknown. We …

Anatomical and biological specializations have been studied extensively in fossorial
rodents, especially in subterranean species, such as mole‐rats or pocket‐gophers. Sciurids …

A new blind mole-rat species Debruijnia tintinnabulus nov. sp. is described from the late
Eocene of south east Serbia. This find is approximately 10 Ma older than the hitherto oldest …

Fossorial habits are tightly related to digging abilities in vertebrates and the most extreme
fossorial specialization is being restricted to conducting the entire life underground. Many …

Anotace: The main aim of this thesis is to evaluate skull and mandible morphology, primarily
focusing on subterranean rodents. Specific traits will be selected for 3D morphometry …