Tribe Tachyoryctini (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Spalacidae

Alternative spelling: Tachyoryctinae

Parent taxon: Rhizomyinae according to S. J. Steppan et al. 2004

See also Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Brachyrhizomys, Cannomys, Pararhizomys, Prokanisamys, Rhizomyoides, Rhizomys

Subtaxa: Tachyoryctes

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Kenya (8 collections)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (6)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Ethiopia (1)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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