Fossorial
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A fossorial animal is one that is adapted to digging and which lives primarily underground. Examples of fossorial vertebrates are moles, badgers, naked mole-rats, meerkats, armadillos, wombats, and mo
Cape ground squirrel
European mole; note the strong and short forelimbs
Fossorial front leg of mole cricket, showing auditory and fossorial adaptations
Soil animals
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Soil harbours a huge number of animal species, whether over their entire life or at least during larval stages. Soil offers protection against environmental hazards, such as excess temperature and moi
Rotifera microscopic view
bank vole
gopher