Tachyoryctes

Genus of rodents

Tachyoryctes

Temporal range: Late Pliocene \- Recent

East African mole-rat, (Tachyoryctes splendens)
Scientific 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:

* Ankole African mole-rat (T. ankoliae)
* Mianzini African mole-rat (T. annectens)
* Aberdare Mountains African mole-rat (T. audax)
* Demon African mole-rat (T. daemon)
* Kenyan African mole-rat (T. ibeanus)
* Big-headed African mole-rat (T. macrocephalus)
* Navivasha African mole-rat (T. naivashae)
* King African mole-rat (T. rex)
* Rwanda African mole-rat (T. ruandae)
* Rudd's African mole-rat (T. ruddi)
* Embi African mole-rat (T. spalacinus)
* Northeast African mole-rat (T. splendens)
* Storey's African mole-rat (T. storeyi)

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]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 922–926. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. ^ Cassola, F. (2017). "Tachyoryctes splendens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T21299A22275532. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T21299A22275532.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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Extant species of family Spalacidae

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Class: Mammalia
* Order: Rodentia
* Suborder: Myomorpha
* Superfamily: Muroidea

Myospalacinae
(Zokors)|

| Myospalax|

* M. myospalax group: False zokor (Myospalax aspalax)
* Siberian zokor (Myospalax myospalax)

* M. psilurus group: Transbaikal zokor (Myospalax psilurus)

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Eospalax|

* Chinese zokor (Eospalax fontanierii)
* Rothschild's zokor (Eospalax rothschildi)
* Smith's zokor (Eospalax smithii)

Rhizomyinae|

| Rhizomys
(Bamboo rats)|

* Hoary bamboo rat (Rhizomys pruinosus)
* Chinese bamboo rat (Rhizomys sinensis)
* Large bamboo rat (Rhizomys sumatrensis)

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Cannomys
(Bamboo rats)|

* Lesser bamboo rat (Cannomys badius)

Tachyoryctes
(Mole rats)|

* Ankole African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes ankoliae)
* Mianzini African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes annectens)
* Aberdare Mountains African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes audax)
* Demon African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes daemon)
* Kenyan African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes ibeanus)
* Big-headed African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus)
* Navivasha African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes naivashae)
* King African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes rex)
* Rwanda African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes ruandae)
* Rudd's African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes ruddi)
* Embi African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes spalacinus)
* East African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes splendens)
* Storey's African mole-rat (Tachyoryctes storeyi)

Spalacinae
(Blind mole-rats)|

| Nannospalax|

* Middle East blind mole-rat (Nannospalax ehrenbergi)
* Lesser mole-rat (Nannospalax leucodon)
* Anatolian blind mole-rat (Nannospalax xanthodon)

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Spalax|

* Sandy mole-rat (Spalax arenarius)
* Middle East blind mole-rat (Spalax ehrenbergi)
* Giant mole-rat (Spalax giganteus)
* Balkan mole-rat (Spalax graecus)
* Greater mole-rat (Spalax microphthalmus)
* Munzur mole-rat (Spalax munzuri)
* Kazakhstan blind mole-rat (Spalax uralensis)
* Podolsk mole-rat (Spalax zemni)

Category

Taxon identifiers

Tachyoryctes|

* Wikidata: Q82710
* Wikispecies: Tachyoryctes
* ADW: Tachyoryctes
* BOLD: 405482
* CoL: 7RTL
* EoL: 111230
* Fossilworks: 104913
* GBIF: 2438332
* iNaturalist: 44979
* IRMNG: 1198722
* ITIS: 632580
* MSW: 13000040
* NCBI: 49444
* Open Tree of Life: 741256

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