Tachyoryctes ruandae Lönnberg and Gyldenstolpe 1925

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Spalacidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 907-926 : 907

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scientific name	Tachyoryctes ruandae Lönnberg and Gyldenstolpe 1925
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Tachyoryctes ruandae Lönnberg and Gyldenstolpe 1925 View in CoL

Tachyoryctes ruandae Lönnberg and Gyldenstolpe 1925 View in CoL , Ark. f. Zool., 17B (no. 5): 6.

Type Locality: Rwanda, Mt Muhavura.

Vernacular Names: Rwanda African Mole Rat.

Distribution: E Dem. Rep. Congo (Kivu), Rwanda, and Burundi.

Conservation: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: See Elbl et al. (1966) and Rahm (1967) for distributional and ecological information. Stomach morphology described by Rahm (1976, as splendens ) and chromosomal data (2n = 48, FN = 54) reported by Matthey (1967 a).