Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Tachyoryctes annectens Thomas, 1891 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 7:304 . TYPE LOCALITY: Kenya , Mianzini, E of Lake Naivasha ( Hollister, 1919 ) . DISTRIBUTION: Known only from vicinity of type locality. COMMENTS: Hollister (1919) commented on the distinctive large size of the holotype .