Tachyoryctes rex Heller, 1910

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 686

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Tachyoryctes rex Heller, 1910 . Smithson. Mise. Coll., 56:4.

TYPE LOCALITY: Kenya, W slopes of Mt. Kenya, 10,000 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: Recorded only from 9000 to 10,700 ft on slopes of Mt. Kenya ( Hollister, 1919).

COMMENTS: A large-bodied and distinctive species ( Hollister, 1919).

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Taxonomy

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

Tachyoryctes rex Heller, 1910

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton 1993

1993

Tachyoryctes rex

Heller 1910: 4

1910

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