Rwanda African mole-rat

Rwanda African 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[1]

The Rwanda mole-rat (Tachyoryctes ruandae) is a species of rodent 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.

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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