Tachyoryctes

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) Giant root-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. store

In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, Tachyoryctes is referenced by 414 other articles, and connects out to Sigmodontinae, East African mole rat and Gerbillinae.

It is catalogued under topics including Rodent genera, Tachyoryctes and Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell.

Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderRodentia
FamilySpalacidae

Observations recorded2,982

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 124
With media: 2
Family: Spalacidae
Collections: AMNH, USNM
Recorded in: Tanzania, Kenya, Congo, Democratic Rep. Of, Ethiopia

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Image: Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig (1835) Tachyoryctes splendens (cropped).png

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Commons category: Tachyoryctes
taxon name: Tachyoryctes
gestation period: 48

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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.

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