Tachyoryctes

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

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

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
  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. Schlitter, D.; Agwanda, B.; Corti, M. (2017). "Tachyoryctes splendens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. Retrieved 2015-05-20.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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