Biology:Tachyoryctes

From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of rodents

Tachyoryctes
Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Recent
Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig (1835) Tachyoryctes splendens (cropped).png
East African mole-rat, (Tachyoryctes splendens)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Chrysomys Gray, 1843

Tachyoryctes is a genus of rodent in the family Spalacidae.[1] It contains the following species:

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

Wikidata ☰ Q82710 entry