Mole-rat or mole rat refers to several groups of burrowing Old World rodents:
The naked mole-rat, also known as the sand puppy, is a burrowing rodent native to parts of East Africa. It is closely related to the blesmols and is the only species in the genus Heterocephalus of the family Heterocephalidae. The naked mole-rat and the Damaraland mole-rat are the only known eusocial mammals, the highest classification of sociality. It has a highly unusual set of physical traits that allow it to thrive in a harsh underground environment and is the only mammalian thermoconformer, almost entirely ectothermic (cold-blooded) in how it regulates body temperature.
Acmispon glaber is a perennial subshrub in the family Fabaceae. The plant is a pioneer species found in dry areas of California, Arizona, and Mexico. It is commonly found in many areas including chaparral, coastal sand and roadsides at elevations below 1500 m.
RodulfusGlaber (985–1047) was an 11th century French monk and chronicler.
Gaius Claudius Glaber was a military commander of the late Roman Republic, holding the offices of legate and military praetor in 73 BC. He was defeated in the battle of Mount Vesuvius against the forces of Spartacus during the Third Servile War.
The Golan Heights blind mole-rat is a rodent species in the family Spalacidae. It has been found on the Golan Heights. This species, along with Spalax judaei and, by a different mechanism, Heterocephalus glaber, appears to be immune to cancer.
Ochetellus glaber is a species of ant native to Australia. A member of the genus Ochetellus in the subfamily Dolichoderinae, it was described by Austrian entomologist Gustav Mayr in 1862. Aside from Australia, O. glaber has been introduced to a number of countries, including China, India, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines and the United States, where it has established itself in Hawaii and Florida. It has been found on Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Réunion and the Solomon Islands. Compared with other ants, O. glaber is a small species, with workers measuring 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in). Males are the smallest at 1.6 mm (0.063 in), while the queens measure 5.2–5.5 mm (0.20–0.22 in). The ant's colour ranges from brown to black.
The smooth toadfish is a species of fish in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae. It is native to shallow coastal and estuarine waters of southeastern Australia, where it is widespread and abundant. French naturalist Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville described the species in 1813, though early records confused it with its close relative, the common toadfish. The two are the only members of the genus Tetractenos after going through several taxonomic changes since discovery.
Saccobolus is a genus of fungi in the Ascobolaceae family. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains 27 species.
Lithocarpus glaber, the Japanese oak, is a tree species in the genus Lithocarpus found in Japan, China and Taïwan.
Streptartemon glaber is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae.
Flexopecten is a genus of saltwater clams, scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.
Flexopecten glaber is a species of saltwater clam, a scallop, a marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.
The Judean Mountains blind mole-rat is an extant species of subterranean rodent within the family Spalacidae, indigenous to central Israel. Following the identification of S. judaei in 2001, Nevo et al. recorded specimens in the vicinity surrounding Kibbutz Lahav. This species, along with Spalax golani and, by a different mechanism, Heterocephalus glaber, appears to be immune to cancer.
Ochetellus is a genus of ants first described by Steve Shattuck in 1992. He placed it in the subfamily Dolichoderinae of the family Formicidae. The ants in this genus are small and black in colour; workers measure 1.75 to 3 millimetres in length, the males at around 1.6 millimetres (0.06 in) are smaller, and the queens are the largest, reaching 4 millimetres (0.16 in). There are seven described species and three described subspecies that mostly live in Australia in a wide variety of habitats, but some species are found in Asia. One species, Ochetellus glaber, has been introduced into New Zealand and the United States.
Calothamnus glaber is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to near-coastal areas in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub, similar to Calothamnus blepharospermus but its leaves are slightly longer and narrower and the parts of its flowers are glabrous.
Stenaelurillus glaber is a jumping spider species in the genus Stenaelurillus that lives in Ghana, Nigeria and Uganda.
