Aberdare Mountains African mole-rat
Species of rodent
| Aberdare Mountains African mole-rat | |
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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.
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Extant species of family Spalacidae
(Zokors)
| Myospalax |
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| Eospalax |
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| Rhizomys (Bamboo rats) |
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| Cannomys (Bamboo rats) |
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| Tachyoryctes (Mole rats) |
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(Blind mole-rats)
| Nannospalax |
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| Spalax |
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