Biology:Ankole African mole-rat

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Short description: Species of mammal

Ankole mole-rat
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Spalacidae
Genus: Tachyoryctes
Species:
T. ankoliae
Binomial name
Tachyoryctes ankoliae
Thomas, 1909[1]

The Ankole mole-rat or Ankole African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes ankoliae) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae found in southwestern Uganda and northwestern Tanzania. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and arable land. Some taxonomic authorities consider it to be conspecific with the East African mole-rat.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3726911 entry