Naked mole-rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Naked mole-rat Heterocephalus glaber Least concern

Where the naked mole-rat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 9 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Heterocephalus glaber
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Mass	1.5 g (birth weight); 33.9 g (adult weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Bathyergidae

Where does the naked mole-rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the naked mole-rat in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Kenya

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a naked mole-rat?

Wikidata records the following for the naked mole-rat: mass 1.5 g (birth weight); 33.9 g (adult weight).

Is the naked mole-rat endangered?

The naked mole-rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the naked mole-rat?

The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Bathyergidae, genus Heterocephalus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the naked mole-rat

The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), also known as the sand puppy, is a burrowing rodent native to the Horn of Africa and parts of Kenya, notably in Somali regions. It is the only species in the genus Heterocephalus.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Naked mole-rat (revision 1380966199), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q276290 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).