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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—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