Tachyoryctes naivashae Thomas 1909 Tachyoryctes naivashae Thomas 1909, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 4: 547. Type Locality: S Kenya, Lake Naivasha, 6350 ft (1935 m). Vernacular Names: Navivasha African Mole Rat. Distribution: Kenya; recorded from plains S and SW of Lake Naivasha to near the Tanzanian border (Hollister, 1919); may also occur in N Tanzania. Conservation: IUCN - Endangered. Discussion: Considered by Thomas (1909 b:547) to be the smallest in body size of the East African Tachyoryctes and occurring "quite close" to the two largest (T. annectens and T. storeyi). "Its small size and flattened skull will readily separate it from any other form" (Thomas, 1909 b). See Hollister (1919) for notes on habitat and collection localities.

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Spalacidae, pp. 907-926 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 907, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535