Rudd's mole-rat

Rudd's mole-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Spalacidae
Genus: Tachyoryctes
Species: T. ruddi
Binomial name
Tachyoryctes ruddi
Thomas, 1909

The Rudd's mole-rat (Tachyoryctes ruddi) is a species of rodents in the family Spalacidae. It is found in Kenya and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, arable land, pastureland, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest.

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