Tachyoryctes

Tachyoryctes is a genus of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It contains the following species:
 * Ankole African mole-rat (T. ankoliae)
 * Mianzini African mole-rat (T. annectens)
 * Aberdare Mountains African mole-rat (T. audax)
 * Demon African mole-rat (T. daemon)
 * Kenyan African mole-rat (T. ibeanus)
 * Big-headed African mole-rat (T. macrocephalus)
 * Navivasha African mole-rat (T. naivashae)
 * King African mole-rat (T. rex)
 * Rwanda African mole-rat (T. ruandae)
 * Rudd's African mole-rat (T. ruddi)
 * Embi African mole-rat (T. spalacinus)
 * Northeast African mole-rat (T. splendens)
 * Storey's African mole-rat (T. storeyi)

Some authorities place all the species in this genus except T. macrocephalus in one species, the East African mole-rat, in which case T. splendens is used for the entire group. This taxonomy is followed by the IUCN Red List.