Tachyoryctes

Taxobox
name = "Tachyoryctes"
fossil_range = Late Pliocene - Recent


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Spalacidae
subfamilia = Tachyoryctinae
genus = "Tachyoryctes"
genus_authority = Rüppell, 1835
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="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"

"Tachyoryctes" is a genus of rodent in the Spalacidae family. It contains the following species:
* Ankole Mole Rat ("Tachyoryctes ankoliae")
* Mianzini Mole Rat ("Tachyoryctes annectens")
* Audacious Mole Rat ("Tachyoryctes audax")
* Demon Mole Rat ("Tachyoryctes daemon")
* Kenyan African Mole Rat ("Tachyoryctes ibeanus")
* Big-headed Mole Rat ("Tachyoryctes macrocephalus")
* Naivasha Mole Rat ("Tachyoryctes naivashae")
* King Mole Rat ("Tachyoryctes rex")
* Ruanda Mole Rat ("Tachyoryctes ruandae")
* Rudd's Mole Rat ("Tachyoryctes ruddi")
* Embi Mole Rat ("Tachyoryctes spalacinus")
* East African Mole Rat ("Tachyoryctes splendens")
* Storey's African Mole Rat ("Tachyoryctes storeyi")

References

*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.