Tachyoryctes spalacinus Thomas 1909

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Spalacidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 907-926 : 907

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Tachyoryctes spalacinus Thomas 1909
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Tachyoryctes spalacinus Thomas 1909 View in CoL

Tachyoryctes spalacinus Thomas 1909 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 4: 547.

Type Locality: Kenya, Embi (= Embu), plains near base of Mt Kenya, 5400 ft (1646 m).

Vernacular Names: Embi African Mole Rat.

Distribution: Kenya, plains and lower slopes of Mt Kenya ( Hollister, 1919).

Conservation: IUCN - Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Body size about like T. ruddi , according to Thomas (1909 b), but "Readily recognizable by its sloping occipital plane." This species occurs at the base of Mt Kenya and adjacent plains but is replaced at altitudes above 2600 m by the much larger-bodied T. rex ( Hollister, 1919) . Morphological, distributional, and genetic relationships between T. spalacinus and T. ibeanus , which occurs to the south along the western margin of the Athi Plains, need to be evaluated.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Spalacidae

Genus

Tachyoryctes

Loc

Tachyoryctes spalacinus Thomas 1909

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Tachyoryctes spalacinus

Thomas 1909: 547
1909
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