Kenyan African mole-rat

Species of rodent

Kenyan African mole-rat
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Spalacidae
Genus:	Tachyoryctes
Species:	T. ibeanus
Binomial name
*Tachyoryctes ibeanus* Thomas, 1900^[1]

The Kenyan African mole-rat or Kenyan mole-rat (Tachyoryctes ibeanus) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forest.

Some taxonomic authorities consider it to be conspecific with the East African mole-rat.

References

^ 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.

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.

Extant species of family Spalacidae

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Myomorpha
Superfamily: Muroidea

Myospalacinae
(Zokors)

Myospalax	M. myospalax group: False zokor (Myospalax aspalax) Siberian zokor (Myospalax myospalax) M. psilurus group: Transbaikal zokor (Myospalax psilurus)
Eospalax	Chinese zokor (Eospalax fontanierii) Rothschild's zokor (Eospalax rothschildi) Smith's zokor (Eospalax smithii)

Rhizomyinae

Rhizomys (Bamboo rats)	Hoary bamboo rat (Rhizomys pruinosus) Chinese bamboo rat (Rhizomys sinensis) Large bamboo rat (Rhizomys sumatrensis)
Cannomys (Bamboo rats)	Lesser bamboo rat (Cannomys badius)
Tachyoryctes (Mole rats)	Ankole African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes ankoliae) Mianzini African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes annectens) Aberdare Mountains African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes audax) Demon African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes daemon) Kenyan African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes ibeanus) Big-headed African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) Navivasha African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes naivashae) King African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes rex) Rwanda African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes ruandae) Rudd's African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes ruddi) Embi African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes spalacinus) East African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes splendens) Storey's African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes storeyi)

Spalacinae
(Blind mole-rats)

Nannospalax	Middle East blind mole-rat (Nannospalax ehrenbergi) Lesser mole-rat (Nannospalax leucodon) Anatolian blind mole-rat (Nannospalax xanthodon)
Spalax	Sandy mole-rat (Spalax arenarius) Middle East blind mole-rat (Spalax ehrenbergi) Giant mole-rat (Spalax giganteus) Balkan mole-rat (Spalax graecus) Greater mole-rat (Spalax microphthalmus) Munzur mole-rat (Spalax munzuri) Kazakhstan blind mole-rat (Spalax uralensis) Podolsk mole-rat (Spalax zemni)