Aggression of subterranean rodents in context with theirs social life

Territoriality connected with a high level of intraspecific aggression is an adaptation to hostile underground ecotop in the most of subterranenan mammals. In spite of this fact, complex social behaviour has evolved in some subterranean rodents, particularly in African mole-rats. This thesis describes aggressive behaviour of solitary and social subterranean rodents in context of their social evolution