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Tachyoryctes

Mammalia - Rodentia - Spalacidae

Taxonomy
Tachyoryctes was named by Rüppell (1835). It is extant.

It was assigned to Tachyoryctini by Steppan et al. (2004); and to Tachyoryctinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Tachyoryctes Rüppell
2004Tachyoryctes Steppan et al. p. 539
2005Tachyoryctes Wilson and Reeder

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
familySpalacidae
subfamilyRhizomyinae(Miller and Gidley 1918)
tribeTachyoryctini
genusTachyoryctesRüppell 1835

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Tachyoryctes Rüppell 1835
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Tachyoryctes macrocephalus Rüppell 1842 [Ethiopian african mole rat]
Tachyoryctes splendens Rüppell 1835 [Northeast african mole rat]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialg
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: see also Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008g
Created: 2012-05-15 11:11:28
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:56:32
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Stein 2000, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Ethiopia T. sp. (22139)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia T. sp. (22160)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia T. pliocaenicus (21762 21765 21782 21784 21786)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plain) T. splendens (32093)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya T. sp. (21939) T. splendens (21932 21933 21934 21936 21938 21959)