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)
• Giant root-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.

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