''Tachyoryctes'' is a genus of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...

in the family

Spalacidae The Spalacidae, or spalacids, are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. They are native to eastern Asia, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and southeastern Europe. It includes the blind mole-rats, bamboo rats, mole ...

. It contains the following species: *

Ankole African mole-rat The Ankole mole-rat or Ankole African mole-rat (''Tachyoryctes ankoliae'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae found in southwestern Uganda and northwestern Tanzania. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and arable land Arable la ...

(''T. ankoliae'') *

Mianzini African mole-rat The Mianzini mole-rat or Mianzini African mole-rat (''Tachyoryctes annectens'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitats are dry savanna A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland- grassland (i. ...

(''T. annectens'') *

Aberdare Mountains African mole-rat The Aberdare Mountains African mole-rat (''Tachyoryctes audax'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude g ...

(''T. audax'') *

Demon African mole-rat The northeast African mole-rat (''Tachyoryctes splendens'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae and is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, and northwest Kenya. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savann ...

(''T. daemon'') *

Kenyan African mole-rat The Kenyan African mole-rat or Kenyan mole-rat (''Tachyoryctes ibeanus'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural g ...

(''T. ibeanus'') *

Big-headed African mole-rat The big-headed African mole rat, (''Tachyoryctes macrocephalus''), also known as the giant root-rat, Ethiopian African mole rat, or giant mole rat, is a rodent species in the family Spalacidae. It is endemic to Ethiopia's Bale Mountains. Its na ...

(''T. macrocephalus'') *

Navivasha African mole-rat The Naivasha African mole-rat (''Tachyoryctes naivashae'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savanna, arable land, and pasturel ...

(''T. naivashae'') *

King African mole-rat The King African mole-rat,Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 924 King mole-rat, or Alpine mole-rat, (''Tachyoryctes rex'') is a burrowing rodent in the genus ''Tachyoryctes'' of family Spalacidae. It only occurs high on Mount Kenya, where it is ...

(''T. rex'') *

Rwanda African mole-rat The Rwanda mole-rat (''Tachyoryctes splendens'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtrop ...

(''T. ruandae'') *

Rudd's African mole-rat Rudd's mole-rat (''Tachyoryctes ruddi'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is found in Kenya and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtro ...

(''T. ruddi'') *

Embi African mole-rat The Embi mole-rat (''Tachyoryctes spalacinus'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savanna, arable land, pastureland, plantations, and h ...

(''T. spalacinus'') *

Northeast African mole-rat The northeast African mole-rat (''Tachyoryctes splendens'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae and is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, and northwest Kenya. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, dry savann ...

(''T. splendens'') *

Storey's African mole-rat Storey's African mole-rat (''Tachyoryctes storeyi'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. Some taxonomic authorities consider it to be conspecific ...

(''T. storeyi'') Some authorities place all the species in this genus except ''T. macrocephalus'' in one species, the

East African mole-rat East African mole-rat has been split into the following species: * Northeast African mole-rat, ''Tachyoryctes splendens'' * Ankole African mole-rat, ''Tachyoryctes ankoliae'' * Mianzini African mole-rat, ''Tachyoryctes annectens'' * Aberdare Mounta ...

, in which case ''T. splendens'' is used for the entire group. This taxonomy is followed by the

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References

Rodent genera Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{muroid-stub