Ghana mole-rat

The Ghana mole-rat or Togo mole-rat (Fukomys zechi) is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae. It is endemic to Ghana.

Ghana mole-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Bathyergidae
Genus: Fukomys
Species:
F. zechi
Binomial name
Fukomys zechi
(Matschie, 1900)

Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, caves, and arable land. It commonly breeds during rainy months such as March–August. In a colony reproduction is limited to one male and one female so a monogamist behavior.

[2] An important source of food to the Ghana mole-rats are the succulent roots of most plants. The mole rats eat the roots and taproots of various plants such as Arachis, Vigna, Cucumeropsis and Dioscorea abyssinica, as well as young Anacardium.

References
  1. Maree, S.; Faulkes, C. & Schlitter, D. (2008). "Cryptomys zechi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Yeboah, S.; Dakwa, K. B. (June 2002). "Aspects of the feeding habits and reproductive biology of the Ghana mole-rat Cryptomys zechi (Rodentia, Bathyergidae)". African Journal of Ecology. 40 (2): 110–119. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2028.2002.00326.x. ISSN 0141-6707.
  • Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. pp 1538–1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
  • Yeboah, S., and K. B. Dakwa. “Aspects of the Feeding Habits and Reproductive Biology of the Ghana Mole-Rat Cryptomys Zechi (Rodentia, Bathyergidae).” African Journal of Ecology, vol. 40, no. 2, 2002, pp. 110–119.,
  • Yeboah, S., and K. B. Dakwa. "Aspects of the Feeding Habits and Reproductive Biology of the Ghana Mole-Rat Cryptomys Zechi (Rodentia, Bathyergidae)." African Journal of Ecology, vol. 40, no. 2, 2002, pp. 110–119.


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