Tachyoryctes naivashae Thomas 1909

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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Tachyoryctes naivashae Thomas 1909
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Tachyoryctes naivashae Thomas 1909 View in CoL

Tachyoryctes naivashae Thomas 1909 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 4: 547.

Type Locality: S Kenya, Lake Naivasha, 6350 ft (1935 m).

Vernacular Names: Navivasha African Mole Rat.

Distribution: Kenya; recorded from plains S and SW of Lake Naivasha to near the Tanzanian border ( Hollister, 1919); may also occur in N Tanzania.

Conservation: IUCN - Endangered.

Discussion: Considered by Thomas (1909 b:547) to be the smallest in body size of the East African Tachyoryctes and occurring "quite close" to the two largest ( T. annectens and T. storeyi ). "Its small size and flattened skull will readily separate it from any other form" ( Thomas, 1909 b). See Hollister (1919) for notes on habitat and collection localities.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Spalacidae

Genus

Tachyoryctes

Loc

Tachyoryctes naivashae Thomas 1909

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

Tachyoryctes naivashae

Thomas 1909: 547
1909
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