Tachyoryctes

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Tachyoryctes
Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Recent
East African mole-rat, (Tachyoryctes splendens)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Spalacidae
Tribe: Tachyoryctini
Miller & Gidley, 1918
Genus: Tachyoryctes
Rüppell, 1835
Type species
Bathyergus splendens

Species

Tachyoryctes ankoliae

Tachyoryctes annectens

Tachyoryctes audax

Tachyoryctes daemon

Tachyoryctes ibeanus

Tachyoryctes macrocephalus

Tachyoryctes naivashae

Tachyoryctes rex

Tachyoryctes ruandae

Tachyoryctes ruddi

Tachyoryctes spalacinus

Tachyoryctes splendens

Tachyoryctes storeyi

Synonyms

Chrysomys Gray, 1843

Tachyoryctes is a genus of rodent in the family Spalacidae.[1] It contains the following species:

Some authorities place all the species in this genus except T. macrocephalus in one species, the East African mole-rat, in which case T. splendens is used for the entire group. This taxonomy is followed by the IUCN Red List.[2]

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