Tachyoryctes ruandae Lönnberg and Gyldenstolpe, 1925 . Ark. Zool., 17B, no. 5:6.

TYPE LOCALITY: Rwanda, Mt. Muhavura .

DISTRIBUTION: E Zaire (Kivu), Rwanda, and Burundi.

COMMENTS: See Elbl et al. (1966) and Rahm (1967) for distributional and ecological information. Stomach morphology was described by Rahm (1976) and chromosomal data was reported by Matthey (1967).