Mianzini African mole-rat
Species of rodent
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Spalacidae |
Genus: | Tachyoryctes |
Species: | T. annectens |
Binomial name | |
Tachyoryctes annectens (Thomas, 1891)[1] |
The Mianzini mole-rat or Mianzini African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes annectens) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, pastureland, and rural gardens. Some taxonomic authorities consider it to be conspecific with the East African mole-rat.
References
- ^ 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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Extant species of family Spalacidae
(Zokors)
Myospalax |
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Eospalax |
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Rhizomys (Bamboo rats) |
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Cannomys (Bamboo rats) |
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Tachyoryctes (Mole rats) |
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(Blind mole-rats)
Nannospalax |
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Spalax |
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