Silvery mole rat

Taxobox
name = Silvery Mole Rat
fossil_range = Recent


status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Bathyergidae
subfamilia = Bathyerginae
genus = "Heliophobius"
genus_authority = Peters, 1846
species = "H. argenteocinereus"
binomial = "Heliophobius argenteocinereus"
binomial_authority = Peters, 1846The silvery mole rat or silky mole rat ("Heliophobius argenteocinereus") is a species of mole rat that occurs in sandy soil of savannas and woodlands of southern Kenya, throughout Tanzania, and parts of southeastern Zaire to central Mozambique. This species is solitary dwelling and aggressive. [Bennett, Nigel C.; Chris G. Faulkes. (2000) African Mole-Rats: Ecology and Eusociality. Cambridge University Press. pp. 12. ISBN 0521771994] Little else is known about its ecology or behavior. It is the only species of the genus "Heliophobius".

References

*Bennett, N. C., C. G. Faulkes. 2000. African mole-rats: ecology and eusociality. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Massachusettes, USA. pp. 12