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Tachyoryctes Rüppell, 1835

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Neue wirbelth. Fauna Abyssin. Gehörig., Säugeth. vol.1 p.35, footnote

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Spalacidae
genus
Tachyoryctes

Name

Synonyms
Chrysomys Gray, 1843
Tachyorictes Trouessart, 1881
Homonyms
Tachyoryctes Rüppell, 1835
Common names
African Mole Rats in English
African Mole Rats in English
African Mole Rats in English
East African Molerats in English
Root Rats in English
Rotrotter in Norwegian Bokmål
afrikanjuurimyllikkäät in Finnish
afroślepiec in Polish
Африканские бамбуковые крысы in Russian
アフリカタケネズミ属 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Hollister, N., 1919: East African Mammals in the United States National Museum. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Bulletin 99. Part II: Rodentia, Lagomorpha, and Tubulidentata. vii + 184.
  2. Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Superfamily Muroidea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 894-1531.
  3. N. Wirbelth. Abyssin.
  4. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  5. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  6. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
  7. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
  8. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  9. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  10. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
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