Kenyan African mole-rat
| Kenyan mole-rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Spalacidae |
| Genus: | Tachyoryctes |
| Species: | T. ibeanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tachyoryctes ibeanus Thomas, 1900 | |
The Kenyan mole-rat or Kenyan African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes ibeanus) is a species of rodents in the family Spalacidae. It is endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forest.
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. & Agwanda, B. 2004. Tachyoryctes ibeanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.[deadlink aug 2012]
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