Aberdare Mountains African mole-rat
Species of rodent
Aberdare Mountains African mole-rat | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Spalacidae |
Genus: | Tachyoryctes |
Species: | T. audax |
Binomial name | |
Tachyoryctes audax Thomas, 1910[1] |
The Aberdare Mountains African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes audax) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-elevation grassland. Some taxonomic authorities consider it to be conspecific with the East African mole-rat.
References
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- v
- t
- e
Extant species of family Spalacidae
(Zokors)
Myospalax |
|
---|---|
Eospalax |
|
Rhizomys (Bamboo rats) |
|
---|---|
Cannomys (Bamboo rats) |
|
Tachyoryctes (Mole rats) |
|
(Blind mole-rats)
Nannospalax |
|
---|---|
Spalax |
|
Category
This Muroid rodent article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e