Embi mole-rat

Embi mole-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Spalacidae
Genus: Tachyoryctes
Species: T. spalacinus
Binomial name
Tachyoryctes spalacinus
Thomas, 1909

The Embi mole-rat (Tachyoryctes spalacinus) is a species of rodents in the family Spalacidae endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savanna, arable land, pastureland, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest.

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