Taxonomy Profile: Tachyoryctes (Rüppell 1835)

Tachyoryctes: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Chrysomys
Gray 1843
Common Name(s):
African Mole Rats []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Tachyoryctes: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Myomorpha
Mice |
Rats |
Rats |
souris |
Voles |
Gerbils |
Hamsters |
Lemmings |
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Spalacidae
Subfamily : Tachyoryctinae
Genus : Tachyoryctes
African Mole Rats |
Tachyoryctes Direct Children(s):
Tachyoryctes ankoliae
(Thomas 1909)
Tachyoryctes annectens
(Thomas 1891)
Tachyoryctes audax
(Thomas 1910)
Tachyoryctes daemon
(Thomas 1909)
Tachyoryctes naivashae
(Thomas 1909)
Tachyoryctes rex
(Heller 1910)
Tachyoryctes ruandae
(Lönnberg and Gyldenstolpe 1925)
Tachyoryctes ruddi
(Thomas 1909)
Tachyoryctes splendens
(Rüppell 1835)
Tachyoryctes ibeanus
(Thomas 1900)
Tachyoryctes storeyi
(Thomas 1909)
Tachyoryctes: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Guy G. Musser
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Tachyoryctes
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Tachyoryctes
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Tachyoryctes
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Tachyoryctes
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hollister, N.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1919-01-01 / 1919-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
East African Mammals in the United States National Museum
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Bulletin 99. Part II: Rodentia, Lagomorpha, and Tubulidentata
Page(s):
vii + 184
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Tachyoryctes
Tachyoryctes: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Tachyoryctes: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Hollister (1919:40) listed eight species of Tachyorytces, noted that 'all have constant characters of differentiation, and intergradation between any two of them is not indicated by this material,' but speculated that the 'numerous forms will doubtlessly be connected by complete chains of intergrades and the final monographer of the genus will be obliged to reduce many of the named forms to the rank of subspecies.' G. M. Allen (1939) and Ellerman (1941) listed 14 species, but these were red...