Ruanda mole-rat
| Ruanda mole-rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Spalacidae |
| Genus: | Tachyoryctes |
| Species: | T. ruandae |
| Binomial name | |
| Tachyoryctes ruandae Lönnberg & Gyldenstolpe, 1925 | |
The Ruanda mole-rat (Tachyoryctes ruandae) is a species of rodents in the family Spalacidae found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, 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., Corti, M. & Agwanda, B. 2004. Tachyoryctes ruandae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
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