In Popular Culture
- Ron Stoppable, lead male character in the TV series Kim Possible, has a pet Naked Mole Rat named Rufus.
- Mo Willems' picture book Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed features a naked mole rat named Wilbur who loves to wear clothes.
- An exaggerated form of Mole-rats appear in the Video Game series Fallout, their characteristics demented from excessive exposure to radioactive developments.
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