Publisher : Biodiversity Journal
Place of publication :
Publication year : 2019
Thematic : Species
Language : English
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The Ctenodactylidae is a small family of rodents comprising only five species in four genera.
Four of the species are confined to North Africa in Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia,
Libya, Senegal, Mali, Chad, and Niger. The fifth, Pectinator spekei, is the only one of the
family that is found in the northeastern Horn of Africa. Earlier records have shown its presence
in Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea and eastern Ethiopia at altitudes below 1,200 meters. Sightings
of this species in early November 2018 were at 13ÌŠ17’47.7â€N, 39ÌŠ49’32.8â€E at an altitude of
1,560 meters. This location is more than 300 km horizontally and almost 400 meters vertically
from previous records. The IUCN Red List classification of least concern is strengthened by
this new record in an area little disturbed by humans.
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Keywords : Southeast Asia
Encoded by : Pauline Carmel Joy Eje