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Meaning of "fossorial"
fossorial (adjective): Refers to animals that are adapted for digging or burrowing, such as moles or certain insects
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- Of, pertaining to, or adapted for digging or burrowing.
- Any digging animal (such as a mole)
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Trirachodon is thought to have had a fossorial lifestyle.
It is a rare fossorial and nocturnal species.
The midwestern worm snake is fossorial.
All are fossorial adapted for burrowing.
It may have been somewhat fossorial in nature.
It is a fossorial and terrestrial species.
Extreme elongation in tadpoles characterizes a fossorial way of life.
Uperodon systoma is a fossorial species that buries itself in soil.
Many of the animals we sell are fossorial.
Certain fossorial frogs are even able to survive in desert environments.
Odontophrynus lavillai is a fossorial frog.
They are fossorial and spend most of their time below ground.
Patagonia was a fossorial herbivore.
It is a fossorial species that is found in both forests and agricultural land.
It is presumably largely fossorial.
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This mole is fully fossorial and spends its life underground.
Fossorial mammals could alter soil and plant community development.
It is a fossorial species.
Reliable estimates of population size are difficult because of the fossorial nature of moles.
Its fossorial and group lifestyle may help it avoid predators.
Placata is fossorial.
It is a nocturnal and fossorial species occurring in subtropical and tropical montane forests.
This pattern of parental care can be predicted for other specialized fossorial voles.
They are classified as a fossorial species due to the act of digging or burrowing themselves.
National / international agency agreement on conservation and management of fossorial mammals.
The wombat is a fossorial creature designed specifically for life below ground.
It feeds primarily on specific snakes, probably semiaquatic and fossorial snakes.
Moles are small fossorial mammals that have evolved to live in subterranean lifestyle.
Like all pocket gophers, members of this genus are fossorial herbivores.
These fossorial rodents bang their head against the walls of their tunnels.
Prefers sandy areas where it is fossorial but can be found in well vegetated areas.
Their fossorial and group lifestyles may help them avoid potential predators.
It is fossorial.
It is a fossorial species and can move through leaf litter and loose soil by "swimming.
All of these features are indicative of a fossorial or burrowing lifestyle for these species.
All are fossorial and adapted to burrowing, feeding on ants and termites.
Scarlet kingsnakes are secretive, nocturnal, fossorial snakes and are infrequently seen by people.
They are fossorial and solitary, though young will aggregate shortly after dispersing from their mother.
Castorocauda, Haldanodon and perhaps other docodonts were fossorial.
Research relationships between fossorial mammals and burrowing owls in summer and winter.
The American spadefoot toads are of typical shape to most fossorial ( or burrowing ) frogs.
Other beetles have fossorial legs widened and often spined for digging.
The tree frogs of Australia have various habits, from completely arboreal to fossorial.
It is terrestrial, fossorial and mainly nocturnal.
Various species are respectively terrestrial, arboreal, or fossorial.
The mole 's fossorial lifestyle protects it from many predators.
There are species that are arboreal, fossorial ( burrowing ), and semi-aquatic.
Similarities to fossorial mammals resulted from ecological convergence, not ancestry.
Qatar e-Nature - Categories - Fossorial lizards.
Because of their fossorial life style, their natural history is poorly known.
