Embi mole-rat
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T. spalacinus
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Tachyoryctes spalacinus Thomas, 1909
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The Embi mole-rat (Tachyoryctes spalacinus) is a species of rodents in the family Spalacidae endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savanna, arable land, pastureland, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Schlitter, D. & Agwanda, B. 2004. Tachyoryctes spalacinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
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