Table 1.
Locality, Life-History, and Data Set Information for the Mole-Rat (Bathyergidae) and Tachyoryctes (Spalacidae) Species Included in This Study.
| Species | Locality | Sociality (group size) | Body Mass (g) | Max. Lifespan (yr) | Number of Orthologs Recovered | Number of One-To-One Orthologs Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathyergus suillus | Darling, Western Cape Province; SA | Solitary (1) | 93 | >6 | 11,928 | 10,119 |
| Georychus capensis | Darling, Western Cape Province; SA | Solitary (1) | 181 | 11.2 | 11,084 | 9,384 |
| Cryptomys h. natalensis | Glengarry; SA | Social (8) | 132.5 | 11 | 12,132 | 10,261 |
| Cryptomys h. pretoriae | Lynnwood Road, Pretoria; SA | Social (12) | 132.5 | 11 | 12,449 | 10,570 |
| Cryptomys h. mahali | Patryshoek, Pretoria; SA | Social (NA) | 132.5 | 11 | 11,769 | 10,000 |
| Fukomys damarensis | Black Rock, Hotazel; SA | Eusocial (41) | 165.0 (M), | 11.9 | 12,121 | 10,257 |
| 141.5 (F) | ||||||
| Heliophobius emini | Mlali; Tanzania | Solitary (1) | 160 | >7.5 | 9,243 | 7,844 |
| Heterocephalus glaber | (Keane et al. 2014)—colony established by V. Gorbunova (University of Rochester, USA); founder animals from colony of J.U. Jarvis (University of Cape Town, SA) | Eusocial (≤300) | 35 | 31 | 16,625 | 13,741 |
| Tachyoryctes splendens | Makundi Village, Kilimanjiro; Tanzania | Solitary (1) | 220 | NA | 13,050 | 10,998 |
Note.—Number of orthologs recovered refers to the number of rodent transcripts recovered from reciprocal BLASTs using 23,393 human proteins; number of one-to-one orthologs recovered refers to the number of these matching the 14,873 human guinea pig one-to-one orthologs. Body mass and lifespan values were obtained from the AnAge database (Tacutu et al. 2013) and (Faulkes et al. 1997; Sherman and Jarvis 2002; Bennett and Jarvis 2004; Weigl 2005; Schmidt et al. 2013). SA, South Africa; yrs, years; g, grams; NA, not available; M, male; F, female.