Ankole mole-rat
| Ankole mole-rat | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Spalacidae |
| Genus: | Tachyoryctes |
| Species: | T. ankoliae |
| Binomial name | |
| Tachyoryctes ankoliae Thomas, 1909 | |
The Ankole mole-rat or Ankole African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes ankoliae) is a species of rodents in the Spalacidae family found in Angola and Uganda. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and arable land.
References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Schlitter, D., Corti, M. & Agwanda, B. 2004. Tachyoryctes ankoliae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.