Latitudinal range: -15.8° to 8.7°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical savanna (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1)

Found in 5 samples

Ethiopia: Gombore II (Early Pleistocene)

Kenya: Lake Nakuru National Park, Karungu (Late Pleistocene)

Malawi: Malowa (Holocene)

Tanzania: Mount Kilimanjaro (2150 m)

See also Tachyoryctes konjiti, Tachyoryctes sp., Tachyoryctes splendens