Greater Blind Mole Rat

Greater Blind Mole RatThis subterranean rodent has small eyes covered by a skin membrane and digs with its front teeth. It makes underground passages and food stores, and eats plant parts from below the ground.What does it look like?Its eyes are small and covered by a membrane of skin. Its front teeth are strongly developed for digging, and its tail is reduced and short.How does it live?This subterranean rodent has small eyes covered by a skin membrane and digs with its front teeth. It makes underground passages and food stores, and eats plant parts from below the ground.It makes underground feeding passages, nesting chambers, and food stores. It eats bulbs, tubers, and rhizomes, as well as invertebrates, mainly insects.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.