Prevalence of anomalies in the appendicular skeleton of a
fossorial rodent population.
Pangolins have specialized adaptation for
fossorial life and usually live in burrows made by themselves [4].
This is typical of
fossorial species, because the hind feet are less engaged in digging.
The status of Crawfish Frogs is difficult to assess because of their
fossorial nature and abbreviated calling season.
Further studies on the
fossorial Hymenoptera from Manchuria.
"Cuckoo wasps" (Chrysididae) are very common parasitoids or kleptoparasites of many
fossorial Hymenoptera.
The
fossorial species, such as Leptodactylus latinasus, L.
1) shows a pereiopod with the typical morphology of
fossorial decapods.
carolinensis are small, highly
fossorial, and feed predominately on ants, termites, and beetles.
Vertebrae joints that resist twisting also suggest a digging, or
fossorial, lifestyle.
Few elongate,
fossorial vertebrates have been examined for their mechanics of burrowing.