Mianzini Mole Rat

Mianzini Mole Rat
Mianzini Mole Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Spalacidae
Genus: Tachyoryctes
Species: T. annectens
Binomial name
Tachyoryctes annectens
(Thomas, 1891)

The Mianzini Mole Rat or Mianzini African Mole Rat (Tachyoryctes annectens) is a species of rodent in the Spalacidae family. It is endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, pastureland, and rural gardens.

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. Tachyoryctes annectens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.