ADW: Tachyoryctes: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Order Rodentia (rodents)
        
        Suborder Myomorpha (mice, rats, gerbils, jerboas, and relatives)
        
        Superfamily Muroidea (mice, rats, gerbils, and relatives)
        
        Family Spalacidae (blind mole rats, African mole rats, zokors, and bamboo rats)
        
        Subfamily Tachyoryctinae (East African mole rats)
        
        Genus Tachyoryctes (East African mole rats)
        
        Species Tachyoryctes ankoliae (Ankole mole rat)
        
        Species Tachyoryctes annectens (Mianzini mole rat)
        
        Species Tachyoryctes audax (audacious mole rat)
        
        Species Tachyoryctes daemon (demon mole rat)
        
        Species Tachyoryctes ibeanus (Kenyan African mole rat)
        
        Species Tachyoryctes macrocephalus (big-headed mole rat)
        
        Species Tachyoryctes naivashae (Naivasha mole rat)
        
        Species Tachyoryctes rex (king mole rat)
        
        Species Tachyoryctes ruandae (Ruanda mole rat)
        
        Species Tachyoryctes ruddi (Rudd's mole rat)
        
        Species Tachyoryctes spalacinus (Embi mole rat)
        
        Species Tachyoryctes splendens (East African mole rat)
        
        Species Tachyoryctes storeyi (Storey's African mole rat)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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Tachyoryctes
East African mole rats