The African mole-rat superfamily are a unique group of subterranean rodents that are
remarkable for their adaptations to a subterranean lifestyle and their range in sociality …

Here, we review comparative studies of African mole-rats (family Bathyergidae) to explain
how constraints acting at the ultimate (environmental) and proximate (organismal) levels …

African mole-rats are a unique taxon of subterranean rodents that range in sociality from
solitary-dwelling species to two" eusocial" species, the Damaraland mole-rat and the naked …

Extensive field and laboratory studies show that Damaraland mole-rats, like naked mole-
rats, have an extreme form of vertebrate sociality. Colonies usually contain 2 reproductives …

A major feature of life in groups is that individuals experience social stressors of varying
intensity and type. Social stress can have profound effects on health, social behavior, and …

In animal social groups, socially subordinate individuals frequently show low reproductive
success or completely fail to breed. This suppression of subordinate reproduction is …

In eusocial species, the sex ratio of helpers varies from female only, in taxa such as the
social Hymenoptera (ants, bees, and wasps)[1], to an unbiased mixture of males and …

Eusociality, which occurs among mammals only in two species of African mole-rat, is
characterized by division of labour between morphologically distinct 'castes'. In Damaraland …

The Damaraland mole‐rat, Cryptomys damarensis, is a highly social subterranean rodent
that exhibits reproductive suppression. Inhibition of reproduction occurs in colonies of the …

In cooperatively breeding mammals and birds, intra-sexual reproductive competition among
females may often render variance in reproductive success higher among females than …