Storey's African mole-rat

Storey's African mole-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Spalacidae
Genus: Tachyoryctes
Species: T. storeyi
Binomial name
Tachyoryctes storeyi
Thomas, 1909[1]

Storey's African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes storeyi) is a species of rodents in the family Spalacidae endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

Some taxonomic authorities consider it to be conspecific with the East African mole-rat.

References

  1. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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