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Digging Appendages

Digging Appendages is a morphological construct in appendage morphology that refers to specialized limb structures adapted for excavating or moving substrate, distinguished from other appendage types by their biomechanical configuration and functional morphology optimized for digging behaviors.

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Authors

29

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Fossorial Appendages

Parents

Publications

19

Beneath Our Feet: Strategies for Locomotion in Granular Media

A. E. Hosoi, Daniel I. Goldman · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 2014 · 122 citations · Full text

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Functional morphology, comparative behaviour, and adaptation in two sympatric subterranean rodents genus <i>Ctenomys</i> (Caviomorpha: Octodontidae)

Aldo Iván Vassallo · Journal of Zoology · 1998 · 116 citations

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A Reassessment of Morphological Specializations for Digging in Pocket Gophers

Enrique P. Lessa, Charles S. Thaeler · Journal of Mammalogy · 1989 · 73 citations

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Allometry and adaptation in the long bones of a digging group of rodents (Ctenomyinae)

Adrià Casinos, C. Flores Quintana, Carlos Viladiu · Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society · 1993 · 70 citations

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The control of burrowing and the migratory behaviour of Donax <i>denticulatus</i> (Bivalvia: Tellinacea)

E. R. Trueman · Journal of Zoology · 1971 · 57 citations

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Authors

42

  1. MJ
    Matthew J. Mason

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 73 citations

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  2. PM
    Peter M. Narins

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 73 citations

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  3. AP
    Armin P. Moczek

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    2 publications · 84 citations

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  4. EP
    Enrique P. Lessa

    Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Uruguay

    2 publications · 128 citations

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  5. JS
    J. S. Bradley

    Murdoch University, Australia

    1 publications · 46 citations

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Institutions

29

  1. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    203 citations

  2. Fundación Ciencias Exactas y Naturales

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    186 citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    146 citations

  4. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  5. University of Mississippi

    Oxford, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  6. National University of Mar del Plata

    Mar del Plata, Argentina

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    116 citations

  7. Accademia Albertina delle Belle Arti

    Turin, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    49 citations

  8. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    153 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Zoology

    3 publications · 224 citations

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  2. American Zoologist

    2 publications · 73 citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 1 publications · 55 citations

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  4. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

    1 publications · 122 citations

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  5. Science

    1 publications · 17 citations

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