Order Rodentia - Family Spalacidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 907 926 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Tachyoryctes macrocephalus Rüppell 1842 Tachyoryctes macrocephalus Rüppell 1842 , Mus . Senckenberg., 3: 97 . Type Locality: Ethiopia , Shoa. Vernacular Names: Ethiopian African Mole Rat . Synonyms: Tachyoryctes hecki Neumann and Rümmler 1928 . Distribution: Ethiopia ; endemic to high southern plateau, 3000-4150 m ( Rupp, 1980 ; Yalden and Largen, 1992 ; Yalden et al., 1996 ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Inhabitant of Afro-alpine moorland and grassland, which the species shares with the other Ethiopian endemics Stenocephalemys albocaudata , Lophuromys melanonyx , and Arvicanthis blicki ( Yalden, 1988 ) . The congenor T. splendens ranges from below 1000 m to about 3000 m , where it apparently overlaps the lower altitudinal distribution of T. macrocephalus ( Rupp, 1980 ; Yalden et al., 1976 ). Yalden (1975) provided ecological observations for T. macrocephalus and morphologically contrasted it with T. splendens . Habitat selection and daily activity patterns in relation to the endangered Ethiopian wolf ( Canis simensis ) recorded by Sillero-Zubiri et al. (1995 b ) . See Yalden (1985 , Mammalian Species, 237).