Tachyoryctes
| 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 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Chrysomys Gray, 1843 | |
Tachyoryctes is a genus of rodent in the family Spalacidae. 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.