- Tachyoryctes
Taxobox
name = "Tachyoryctes"
fossil_range = LatePliocene - Recent
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Rodent ia
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 theSpalacidae 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.
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