Speke's pectinator
| Speke's pectinator Temporal range: ?Early Pliocene, Recent | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Ctenodactylidae |
| Genus: | Pectinator Blyth, 1856 |
| Species: | P. spekei |
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| Pectinator spekei Blyth, 1856 | |
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Speke's pectinator or Speke's gundi (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.
Skeletal details
* 1 Skeleton
* 2 Skull from above
* 3 Skull from below
* 4 Left side of lower jaw
* 5 Cervical and part of the thoracic portion of the vertebral column
* 6 Sternum, episternum, clavicles, and costal cartilages
* 7 Pelvis
* 8 Femur
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Pectinator spekei |
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pectinator spekei. |
- 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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