Rudd's Mole Rat
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| Tachyoryctes ruddi Thomas, 1909 |
The Rudd's Mole Rat (Tachyoryctes ruddi) is a species of rodent in the Spalacidae family. It is found in Kenya and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, arable land, pastureland, plantations , and heavily degraded former forest.
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- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Schlitter, D. & Agwanda, B. 2004. Tachyoryctes ruddi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
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