Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
Suborder Sciurognathi (Tullberg, 1899)
see Suborder Sciuromorpha Brandt, 1855
Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
Subfamily Rhizomyinae Winge, 1887 - East African mole-rats
Genus Tachyoryctes Rüppell, 1835 - African mole-rats
Tachyoryctes ankoliae Thomas, 1909