Variations in the Foraging Behaviour and Burrow Structures of the Damara Molerat <i>Cryptomys damarensis</i> in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park

Abstract

Aspects of two habitat-specific foraging behaviours of the social subterranean rodent Cryptomys damarensis, are discussed in terms of burrow structure, resource dispersion patterns, sand moisture content, burrow temperature regimes, and predatory pressures, in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa.

Keywords

• Molerats, subterranean rodents, burrow structure, foraging behaviour, Kalahari, geophytes, energetics.