Tachyoryctes Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Recent
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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.[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]