Tachyoryctes ankoliae 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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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11333877
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scientific name	Tachyoryctes ankoliae Thomas 1909
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Tachyoryctes ankoliae Thomas 1909 View in CoL

Tachyoryctes ankoliae Thomas 1909 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 4: 545.

Type Locality: SW Uganda, Burumba, Ankole.

Vernacular Names: Ankole African Mole Rat.

Distribution: SW Uganda ( Hollister, 1919; Lunde and Sarmiento, 2002) NW Tanzania ( Swynnerton and Hayman, 1951); limits unknown.

Conservation: IUCN - Vulnerable.

Discussion: Recorded as a species by Swynnerton and Hayman (1951) but as a subspecies of T. splendens by Delany (1975), who nevertheless noted the cranial traits by which ankoliae could be distinguished from the adjacent ruddi , which was also treated as a subspecies of T. splendens by Delany. Both T. ankoliae and T. ruddi were caught in the Kalinzu forest preserve in SW Uganda ( Lunde and Sarmiento, 2002) and the two species apparently occur in NW Tanzania (see account of T. ruddi ).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Spalacidae
Genus	Tachyoryctes