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 : 924

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scientific name	Tachyoryctes rex Heller 1910
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Tachyoryctes rex Heller 1910 , 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.