Ruanda mole-rat

Ruanda mole-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Spalacidae
Genus: Tachyoryctes
Species: T. ruandae
Binomial name
Tachyoryctes ruandae
Lönnberg & Gyldenstolpe, 1925

The Ruanda mole-rat (Tachyoryctes ruandae) is a species of rodents in the family Spalacidae found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.

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