Common Names
Common Names in English:
Storey's African Mole Rat
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:4.5Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
)
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
)
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
)
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
)
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
)
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
)
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
)
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
)
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
)
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
)
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
)
- (Szalay & Mckenna, 1971) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
)
- (Weber, 1904) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
(
)
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
)
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Myodonta
(
)
- (Schaub, in Grassé & Dekeyser, 1955) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superfamily:
Muroidea
(
)
- Illiger, 1811
- Family:
Muridae
(
)
- (Illiger, 1811) Gray, 1821:303
- Genus:
Tachyoryctes
(
)
- Specific name:
storeyi
- Thomas, 1909
- Scientific name: - Tachyoryctes storeyi Thomas, 1909
- Specific name:
storeyi
- Thomas, 1909
- Genus:
Tachyoryctes
(
- Family:
Muridae
(
- Superfamily:
Muroidea
(
- Infraorder:
Myodonta
(
- Suborder:
Myomorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Tachyoryctes
There are approximately 16 species in this genus:
T. ankoliae (Ankole Mole Rat) · T. annectens (Mianzini Mole Rat) · T. audax (Audacious Mole Rat) · T. daemon (Demon Mole Rat) · T. ibeanus (Kenyan African Mole Rat) · T. macrocephalus (Big-Headed Mole Rat) · T. naivashae (Naivasha Mole Rat) · T. rex (King Mole Rat) · T. ruandae (Ruanda Mole Rat) · T. ruddi (Rudd's Mole Rat) · T. ruddi badius · T. spalacinus (Embi Mole Rat) · T. splendens (East African Mole Rat) · T. splendens canicaudus · T. splendens splendens (East African Mole Rat) · T. storeyi (Storey's African Mole Rat)
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Notes
Contributors
- Schlitter, D. & Agwanda, B. 2004. Tachyoryctes storeyi. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- Schlitter, D. & Agwanda, B. (GMA Africa Workshop) 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5987980
- IUCN ID: 45074
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1028154
