Tachyoryctes splendens - #4140
East African Mole Rat
Also as African Root Rat. Probably also as Tachyoryctes daemon, Demon African Mole Rat.
Geographic Distribution
.Disjunct distribution in East Africa, known from Ethiopia, NW Somalia, S Uganda, SW Kenya, E DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, and N Tanzania
Order/Family
Spalacidae
Genus
Tachyoryctes
Specific Epithet
splendens
Image Location
Tanzania, Arusha region, Mt. Meru
Photographer
photographer unknown