Ankole Mole Rat

Taxobox
name = Ankole Mole Rat


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Spalacidae
genus = "Tachyoryctes"
species = "T. ankoliae"
binomial = "Tachyoryctes ankoliae"
binomial_authority = Thomas, 1909
synonyms = The Ankole Mole Rat ("Tachyoryctes ankoliae") is a species of rodent in the Spalacidae family. It is found in Angola and Uganda. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and arable land.

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., Corti, M. & Agwanda, B. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/21289/all Tachyoryctes ankoliae] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.