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 naivashae Thomas, 1909 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 4:547 . TYPE LOCALITY: Kenya , Lake Naivasha, 6350 ft . DISTRIBUTION: Kenya ; recorded from W and S of Lake Naivasha ( Hollister, 1919 ). COMMENTS: Considered by Thomas (19090:547) to be the smallest of the East African Tachyoryctes and occurring "quite close" to the two largest ( annectens and storeyi ).