Rwanda African mole-rat

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Rwanda African mole-rat

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Spalacidae
Genus: Tachyoryctes
Species:
T. splendens
Binomial name
Tachyoryctes splendens
Lönnberg & Rüppell, 1835[2]

The Rwanda mole-rat (Tachyoryctes splendens) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.

Some taxonomic authorities consider it to be conspecific with the East African mole-rat.

References[]

  1. ^ Cassola, F. (2017). "Tachyoryctes splendens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T21299A22275532. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T21299A22275532.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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.


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