Spalax

On that front, molecular evolutionary biologist Aaron Avivi of the University of Haifa in Israel and his colleagues have focused on the Spalax genus of mole rat, which he describes as a "hairy sausage whose ends are hard to tell apart."

Researchers try to understand naked mole rats' resistance to cancer 2011

Unlike the naked mole rat, Spalax individuals live solitary lives, are aggressive and cannot be bred in captivity.

Researchers try to understand naked mole rats' resistance to cancer 2011

On that front, molecular evolutionary biologist Aaron Avivi of the University of Haifa in Israel and his colleagues have focused on the Spalax genus of mole rat, which he describes as a "hairy sausage whose ends are hard to tell apart."

Researchers try to understand naked mole rats' resistance to cancer 2011

Unlike the naked mole rat, Spalax individuals live solitary lives, are aggressive and cannot be bred in captivity.

Researchers try to understand naked mole rats' resistance to cancer 2011

To date, many of these artists and their recordings remain unissued on CD, though a substantial number have been made available by stalwart reissue labels like Alga Marghen, Captain Trip, Fractal, Spalax, Paradigm and MIO.

Adventures in the NWW List, Part 1 2005

The mole-rat (Spalax typhlus) "is twice the size of our mole, with no external eyes, and with only faint traces within of the rudimentary organ; no apparent ears, but, like the mole, with great internal organs of hearing; a strong, bare snout, and with large gnawing teeth; its colour a pale slate; its feet short, and provided with strong nails; its tail only rudimentary."

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

Some think that this Hebrew word rather denotes the mole (Spalax typhlus) common in Palestine.

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

Spalax galili live in the Galilee, the Northern part of the country, which is cool and moist; they have the most efficient hypoxic adaptation.

Ars Technica Diana Gitig 2010

In recent work, the researchers compared the sequences and expression levels of the other globin genes among the different Spalax species with those of the hypoxia sensitive rat, under both normoxic and hypoxic conditions.

Ars Technica Diana Gitig 2010

Spalax have evolved to tolerate this environment by expressing more of their oxygen-carrying globins than other rats, which help them survive at low ambient oxygen levels.

Ars Technica Diana Gitig 2010