Speke's pectinator
Speke's pectinator Temporal range: Early Pliocene?, Recent
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Ctenodactylidae |
Genus: | Pectinator Blyth, 1856 |
Species: | P. spekei
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Binomial name | |
Pectinator spekei Blyth, 1856
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Speke's pectinator (Pectinator spekei) or Speke's gundi, is a species of rodent in the family Ctenodactylidae. It is monotypic within the genus Pectinator.[citation needed] It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and rocky areas.
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Skeletal details * 1 Skeleton * 2 Skull from above * 3 Skull from below * 4 Left side of lower jaw * 5 Cervical and part of the thoracic portion of the vertebral column * 6 Sternum, episternum, clavicles, and costal cartilages * 7 Pelvis * 8 Femur
References[]
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Wikispecies has information related to Pectinator spekei. |
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- Coetzee, N. & Grubb, P. 2004. Pectinator spekei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
- Dieterlen, F. 2005. Family Ctenodactylidae pp. 1536-1537 in D. E. Wilson and M. A. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, p. 1536.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Gundis
- Mammals of Djibouti
- Mammals of Eritrea
- Mammals of Ethiopia
- Mammals of Somalia
- Fauna of the Horn of Africa
- Mammals described in 1856
- Taxa named by Edward Blyth
- Rodent stubs