21. Exotic Rodent Models

Question 1

Naked mole-rat

Answer 1

Heterocephalus glaber

Question 2

Naked mole-rat family

Answer 2

Bathyergidae

Question 3

Which female naked mole rats mate?

Answer 3

Only the dominant female mates

Question 4

Considerations when treating NMRs

Answer 4

Take a long time to recover from anesthesia, and reintroduction to colony may provoke a xenophobic response

Question 5

NMR research use

Answer 5

Eusocial behavior

Question 6

Dormice

Answer 6

Graphiurus sp

Question 7

Which dormouse sp is used most often for monkeypox research?

Answer 7

Graphiurus kelleni

Question 8

Family of Dormice

Answer 8

Gliridae

Question 9

Kangaroo rat

Answer 9

Dipodomys merriami

Dipodomys spectabilis

Question 10

Research use of kangaroo rats

Answer 10

Renal physiology and water conservation

Question 11

Family of cotton rat

Answer 11

Cricetidae

Question 12

2 research uses of cotton rats

Answer 12

Paramyxovirus infections (measles, parainfluenza, RSV)
Adnoviral infections and vector usage

Question 13

Pocket gopher

Answer 13

Geomys

Question 14

What does the “pocket” in “pocket gopher refer to?

Answer 14

External, fur-lined cheek pouches

Question 15

Estrus cycle length of pocket gophers

Answer 15

7-9 days

Question 16

Research uses of pocket gophers

Answer 16

hearing and sound localization research

Question 17

White-tailed rat, white-tailed mouse, South African hamster

Answer 17

Mystromys albicaudatus

Question 18

Hallmark of female mystromys

Answer 18

Rudimentary prostate

Question 19

Research uses of mystromys

Answer 19

DM
Poliomyelitis
Dental caries
Mycobacterium
Histoplasma
Radiation

Question 20

Fat-tailed jird

Answer 20

Pachyuromys duprasi

Question 21

Fat-tailed jird family, subfamily

Answer 21

Family: Muridae, Subfamily: Gerbilinae

Question 22

Jird mite

Answer 22

Pyroglyphis morganii

Question 23

Jird research use

Answer 23

Cutaneous leishmania
Thermoregulation
Circadian rhythm
Auditory

Question 24

Fat sand rat

Answer 24

Psammomys obesus

Question 25

Which endocrine dz often occurs in Psammomys naturally?

Answer 25

DM

Question 26

Common parasites in Psammomys

Answer 26

Hyalomma excavatum, Hymenolepis diminuta, Rodentolepis nana

Question 27

Misc diseases of Psammomys

Answer 27

High incidence of degenerative bone dz

Question 28

6 research uses of Psammomys

Answer 28

``` DM Atherosclerosis Orthopedics Obesity Renal physiology Water and electrolyte metabolism ```

Question 29

Multimammate rat

Answer 29

Mastomys natalensis

Question 30

Family of Mastomys

Answer 30

Muridae

Question 31

How many mammary glands in Mastomys?

Answer 31

10-12 pairs

Question 32

Research uses of Mastomys

Answer 32

``` Infectious disease (Yersinia, leptospirosis, lassa virus) Gastric neoplasia (gastric carcinoid) ```

Question 33

Egyptian spiny mouse

Answer 33

Acomys cahirinus

Question 34

Egyptian spiny mouse family

Answer 34

Muridae

Question 35

Research uses of Acomys

Answer 35

1. DM 2. Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology 3. Renal physiology 4. Obesity

Question 36

Voles

Answer 36

Microtus

Question 37

Research uses of voles

Answer 37

1. Homones and behavior 2. Nutrition 3. Environmental quality 4. Repro behavior 5. Vomeronasal organ physiology 6. Seizures

Question 38

Collared lemming

Answer 38

Dicrostonyx goenlandicus

Question 39

Family and subfamily of collared lemming

Answer 39

Family Cricetidae, Subfamily Arvicolinae

Question 40

6 diseases of collared lemmings

Answer 40

1. Chronic interstitial nephritis 2. Mammary adenocarcinoma 3. Interstitial pneumonia 4. Otitis 5. Sendai virus 6. Zoonoses

Question 41

Research uses of lemmings

Answer 41

Animal model of XY females Atherosclerosis Brucellosis Population dynamics/photoperiod

Question 42

Wood rat/pack rat

Answer 42

Neotoma

Question 43

Family of Neotoma

Answer 43

Cricetidae

Question 44

Research uses of Neotoma

Answer 44

Behavioral and neuro studies Zoonoses Antihemorrhagic factor in serum for rattlesnake venom

Question 45

Grasshopper mouse

Answer 45

Onychomys

Question 46

Research uses of grasshopper mice

Answer 46

Behavior studies on predatory behavior, sex differences, activity Transmission of B. bergdorferi Photoperiod Repro

Question 47

Rice rat

Answer 47

Oryzomys

Question 48

Which louse has been seen in rice rats?

Answer 48

Polyplax spinulosa

Question 49

Research uses of rice rats

Answer 49

Periodontal dz Photoperiod, repro development Metal-pollutant uptake

Question 50

Cane mouse

Answer 50

Zygodontomys brevicauda

Question 51

Resarch use of cane mice

Answer 51

Circannual repro cycle Arbovirus studies Evolutionary quantitative genetics

Question 52

Eusocial

Answer 52

Organized colony system, live for the good of the colony

Question 53

Vesper mouse

Answer 53

Calomys

Question 54

Gambian pouched rat

Answer 54

Cricetomys gambianus