Speke's Pectinator

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Speke's Pectinator Fossil range: ?Early Pliocene, Recent
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Ctenodactylidae Genus: Pectinator Blyth, 1856 Species: P. spekei
Binomial name
Pectinator spekei Blyth, 1856

The Speke's Pectinator (Pectinator spekei) is a species of rodent in the Ctenodactylidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Pectinator. 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.

[edit] References

• 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.

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