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 storeyi
Thomas 1909
Tachyoryctes storeyi
Thomas 1909
,
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 5: 276
.
Type Locality:
SW
Kenya
, Lake Elmenteita.
Vernacular Names:
Storey's African Mole Rat
.
Distribution:
Recorded only from the type locality.
Discussion:
Thomas (1909
b
)
remarked that
T. storeyi
"is readily distinguishable by its comparatively large size, long and well-defined brain-case, and long nasals." Only
T. annectens
exceeds
T. storeyi
in body size, and the relationships and stature between the two and other large-bodied taxa remain to be uncovered.