Aberdare Mountains African mole-rat

Aberdare Mountains African mole-rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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