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Tachyoryctes Rüppell, 1835
Taxonomic Serial No.: 632580

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Chrysomys Gray, 1843
	Common Name(s):	African Mole Rats [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2014

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals
	Subclass	Theria Parker and Haswell, 1897
	Infraclass	Eutheria Gill, 1872
	Order	Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents
	Suborder	Myomorpha Brandt, 1855 – Rats, souris, Mice, Rats, Voles, Gerbils, Hamsters, Lemmings
	Superfamily	Muroidea Illiger, 1811
	Family	Spalacidae Gray, 1821
	Subfamily	Tachyoryctinae Miller and Gidley, 1918
	Genus	Tachyoryctes Rüppell, 1835 – African Mole Rats
		Direct Children:
	Species	Tachyoryctes ankoliae Thomas, 1909 – Ankole Mole Rat, Ankole African Mole Rat
	Species	Tachyoryctes annectens (Thomas, 1891) – Mianzini mole rat, Mianzini African Mole Rat
	Species	Tachyoryctes audax Thomas, 1910 – Audacious Mole Rat, Aberdare Mountains African Mole Rat
	Species	Tachyoryctes daemon Thomas, 1909 – Demon Mole Rat, Demon African Mole Rat
	Species	Tachyoryctes ibeanus Thomas, 1900 – Kenyan African Mole Rat
	Species	Tachyoryctes macrocephalus (Rüppell, 1842) – Big-headed Mole Rat, Ethiopian African Mole Rat
	Species	Tachyoryctes naivashae Thomas, 1909 – Naivasha Mole Rat, Navivasha African Mole Rat
	Species	Tachyoryctes rex Heller, 1910 – King Mole Rat, King African Mole Rat
	Species	Tachyoryctes ruandae Lönnberg and Gyldenstolpe, 1925 – Ruanda Mole Rat, Rwanda African Mole Rat
	Species	Tachyoryctes ruddi Thomas, 1909 – Rudd's Mole Rat, Rudd's African Mole Rat
	Species	Tachyoryctes spalacinus Thomas, 1909 – Embi Mole Rat, Embi African Mole Rat
	Species	Tachyoryctes splendens (Rüppell, 1835) – East African Mole Rat, Northeast African Mole Rat
	Species	Tachyoryctes storeyi Thomas, 1909 – Storey's African Mole Rat

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Guy G. Musser
	Notes:	Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
	Reference for:	Tachyoryctes

	Expert:	Michael D. Carleton
	Notes:	Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
	Reference for:	Tachyoryctes

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	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Hollister, N.
	Publication Date:	1919
	Article/Chapter Title:	East African Mammals in the United States National Museum
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Bulletin 99. Part II: Rodentia, Lagomorpha, and Tubulidentata
	Page(s):	vii + 184
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	Reference for:	Tachyoryctes

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
	Publication Date:	2005
	Article/Chapter Title:	Superfamily Muroidea
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
	Page(s):	894-1531
	Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
	Publication Place:	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-8018-8221-4
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Tachyoryctes

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
	Publication Date:	1993
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
	Page(s):	xviii + 1207
	Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
	Publication Place:	Washington, DC, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-56098-217-9
	Notes:	Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
	Reference for:	Tachyoryctes

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
	Publication Date:	2000
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Common Names of Mammals of the World
	Page(s):	xiv + 204
	Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
	Publication Place:	Washington, DC, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-56098-383-3
	Notes:	With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
	Reference for:	African Mole Rats[English]

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:	Comments: Hollister (1919:40) listed eight species of Tachyorytces, noted that 'all have constant characters of differentiation, and intergradation between any two of them is not indicated by this material,' but speculated that the 'numerous forms will doubtlessly be connected by complete chains of intergrades and the final monographer of the genus will be obliged to reduce many of the named forms to the rank of subspecies.' G. M. Allen (1939) and Ellerman (1941) listed 14 species, but these were red...

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