Tachyoryctes rex Heller 1910

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Spalacidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 907-926 : 907

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11333891

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scientific name

Tachyoryctes rex Heller 1910
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Tachyoryctes rex Heller 1910 View in CoL

Tachyoryctes rex Heller 1910 View in CoL , Smithson. Misc. Coll., 56: 4.

Type Locality: Kenya, western slopes of Mt Kenya, 10,000 ft (3048 m).

Vernacular Names: King African Mole Rat.

Distribution: Kenya, western slopes of Mt Kenya, 2600-3350 m ( Hollister, 1919).

Discussion: A large bodied and distinctive species that Hollister (1919) believed to be related to T. audax , an endemic of the Aberdare Range to the west of Mt Kenya. Hollister provided notes on habitat, habits, and coloration, and described changes in molar morphology associated with age.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Spalacidae

Genus

Tachyoryctes

Loc

Tachyoryctes rex Heller 1910

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Tachyoryctes rex

Heller 1910: 4
1910
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