Tachyoryctes Rüppell 1835 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Spalacidae

Parent taxon: Tachyoryctini according to S. J. Steppan et al. 2004

See also Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Tachyoryctes macrocephalus Tachyoryctes splendens

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Ecology: fossorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Kenya (8 collections)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (6)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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