Aberdare Mountains African Mole Rat – Tachyoryctes audax

Tachyoryctes audaxThomas, 1910

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

A smaller-bodied and paler-furred relative of T. rex, which is endemic to high altitudes on Mt Kenya (Hollister, 1919).

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.