Speke's Pectinator

Speke's Pectinator
Temporal range: ?Early Pliocene, Recent
Conservation status
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

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.

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