Tachyoryctes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Spalacidae
Subfamilia: Rhizomyinae
Tribus: Tachyoryctini
Genus: Tachyoryctes
Species (2 + †2): †T. konjiti – T. macrocephalus – †T. pliocaenicus – T. splendens

Name

Tachyoryctes Rüppell, 1836: 35

• Type species: Bathyergus splendens Rüppell, 1836, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Rüppell, E. 1835–1840. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Säugethiere. Siegmund Schmerber: Frankfurt am Main. 40 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Beolchini, F. & Corti, M. 2004. The taxonomy of the genus Tachyoryctes: a geometric morphometric approach. Italian Journal of Zoology 71(1): 35–43. DOI: 10.1080/11250000409356548 Reference page. 
• Šumbera, R., Krásová, J., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Mengistu, S., Bekele, A., Mikula, O. & Bryja, J. 2018. Ethiopian highlands as a cradle of the African fossorial root-rats (genus Tachyoryctes), the genetic evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 126: 105–115. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.003 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: African Mole Rats