Navivasha African mole-rat
Naivasha mole-rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Spalacidae |
Genus: | Tachyoryctes |
Species: | T. naivashae
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Binomial name | |
Tachyoryctes naivashae |
The Naivasha African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes naivashae) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savanna, arable land, and pastureland.
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.
Categories:
- Mammals of Kenya
- Tachyoryctes
- Endemic fauna of Kenya
- Mammals described in 1909
- Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
- Muroid rodent stubs