Tachyoryctes

Tachyoryctes is a genus of rodent in the family Spalacidae.[1] 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.[2]
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