Naked mole-rats express many unusual traits for such a small rodent. Their morphology, social behaviour, physiology, and ageing have been well studied over the past half-century. Many early findings and speculations about this subterranean species persist in the literature, although some have been repeatedly questioned or refuted. While the popularity of this species as a natural-history curiosity, and oversimplified story-telling in science journalism, might have fuelled the perpetuation of such misconceptions, an accurate understanding of their biology is especially important for this new biomedical model organism. We review 28 of these persistent myths about naked mole-rat sensory abilities, ecophysiology, social behaviour, development and ageing, and where possible we explain how these misunderstandings came about.

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关于裸鼹鼠生物学的过早结论令人惊讶地长期存在

对于这么小的啮齿动物，裸鼹鼠表现出许多不寻常的特征。在过去的半个世纪里，它们的形态、社会行为、生理和衰老都得到了很好的研究。许多关于这种地下物种的早期发现和推测仍然存在于文献中，尽管有些已被反复质疑或驳斥。虽然这个物种作为一种自然历史的好奇心而广受欢迎，以及科学新闻中过于简单的故事讲述可能助长了这种误解的持续存在，但准确了解它们的生物学对于这种新的生物医学模式生物尤其重要。我们回顾了其中 28 个关于裸鼹鼠感觉能力、生态生理学、社会行为、发育和衰老的长期神话，并在可能的情况下解释了这些误解是如何产生的。