Biology:Storey's African mole-rat
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Short description: Species of mammal
Storey's African mole-rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Spalacidae |
Genus: | Tachyoryctes |
Species: | T. storeyi
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Binomial name | |
Tachyoryctes storeyi Thomas, 1909[1]
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Storey's African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes storeyi) is a species of rodent 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
- ↑ 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. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000053.
Wikidata ☰ Q1769070 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storey's African mole-rat.
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