The Kenyan mole rat or Kenyan African mole rat (Tachyoryctes ibeanus) is a species of rodents in the Spalacidae family. It is endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, and heavily degraded former forest.
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