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Tachyoryctes splendens (Northeast african mole rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Spalacidae

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Tachyoryctes splendens Rüppell
2005Tachyoryctes splendens 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
speciessplendensRüppell 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.

Tachyoryctes splendens Rüppell 1835 [Northeast african mole rat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialg
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Stein 2000, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plain) Tachyoryctes splendens (32093)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Tachyoryctes splendens (21932 21933 21934 21936 21938 21959)