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Mianzini African mole-rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Spalacidae endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, pastureland, and rural gardens. Some taxonomic authorities consider it to be conspecific with the East African mole-rat.

References

  1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Extant species of family Spalacidae
Myospalacinae
(Zokors)
Myospalax
Eospalax
Rhizomyinae
Rhizomys
(Bamboo rats)
Cannomys
(Bamboo rats)
Tachyoryctes
(Mole rats)
Spalacinae
(Blind mole-rats)
Nannospalax
Spalax
Category
Taxon identifiers
Tachyoryctes annectens


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