Name - Tachyoryctes macrocephalus

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1131706 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Tachyoryctes macrocephalus Ruppell 1842

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Recent Publications

• Eavesdropping on a heterospecific alarm call in the giant root-rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus), an important prey of the Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis).
• Gas composition and its daily changes within burrows and nests of an Afroalpine fossorial rodent, the giant root-rat Tachyoryctes macrocephalus.
• Ear morphology in two root-rat species (genus Tachyoryctes) differing in the degree of fossoriality.
• The activity of a subterranean small mammal alters Afroalpine vegetation patterns and is positively affected by livestock grazing.
• Human activities modulate reciprocal effects of a subterranean ecological engineer rodent, Tachyoryctes macrocephalus, on Afroalpine vegetation cover.

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