Speke's pectinator

Speke's pectinator Temporal range: ?Early Pliocene, Recent


Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Ctenodactylidae
Genus:	Pectinator Blyth, 1856
Species:	P. spekei
Binomial name
*Pectinator spekei* Blyth, 1856

Speke's pectinator or Speke's gundi (Pectinator spekei) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenodactylidae. It is monotypic within the genus Pectinator. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and rocky areas.

Skeletal details * 1 Skeleton * 2 Skull from above * 3 Skull from below * 4 Left side of lower jaw * 5 Cervical and part of the thoracic portion of the vertebral column * 6 Sternum, episternum, clavicles, and costal cartilages * 7 Pelvis * 8 Femur

References

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Coetzee, N. & Grubb, P. 2004. Pectinator spekei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
Dieterlen, F. 2005. Family Ctenodactylidae pp. 1536-1537 in D. E. Wilson and M. A. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, p. 1536.

Extant species of family Ctenodactylidae (Gundis)

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Hystricomorpha

Ctenodactylus	Common Gundi (Ctenodactylus gundi) Val's Gundi (Ctenodactylus vali)

Felovia	Felou Gundi (Felovia vae)

Massoutiera	Mzab Gundi (Massoutiera mzabi)

Pectinator	Speke's Pectinator (Pectinator spekei)

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