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Root Rats
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Root Rats

Tachyoryctes

Tachyoryctes is a genus of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It contains the following species:

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Giant Root Rat

speciesTachyoryctes macrocephalus

Northeast African Root Rat

speciesTachyoryctes splendens

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 44979.