Tachyoryctes
| Tachyoryctes Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Recent
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Tachyoryctes
Rüppell, 1835
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Tachyoryctes ankoliae |
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Chrysomys Gray, 1843 |
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Tachyoryctes is a genus of rodent in the family Spalacidae.[1] It contains the following species:
- Ankole mole-rat (T. ankoliae)
- Mianzini mole-rat (T. annectens)
- Audacious mole-rat (T. audax)
- Demon mole-rat (T. daemon)
- Kenyan African mole-rat (T. ibeanus)
- Big-headed mole-rat (T. macrocephalus)
- Naivasha mole-rat (T. naivashae)
- King mole-rat (T. rex)
- Ruanda mole-rat (T. ruandae)
- Rudd's mole-rat (T. ruddi)
- Embi mole-rat (T. spalacinus)
- East 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, T. splendens. This taxonomy is followed by the IUCN Red List.[2]
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