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

TYPE LOCALITY: S Uganda, Burumba, Ankole .

DISTRIBUTION: S Uganda; limits unknown.

COMMENTS: 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 .