Tachyoryctes

Tachyoryctes Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Recent
Giant mole-rat, (T. macrocephalus), Ethiopia
Scientific classification
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
ChrysomysGray, 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)
• Giant root-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

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.