Tachyoryctes Explained

Tachyoryctes is a genus of rodent in the family Spalacidae.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)
• Big-headed African mole-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.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Cassola, F. . 2017 . Tachyoryctes splendens . 2017 . e.T21299A22275532 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T21299A22275532.en . 12 November 2021.