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
             01 Tachyoryctes ankoliae Thomas, 1909
             02 Tachyoryctes annectens Thomas, 1891
             03 Tachyoryctes audax Thomas, 1910
             04 Tachyoryctes daemon Thomas, 1909
             05 Tachyoryctes macrocephalus Rüppell, 1842 - giant mole-rat
             06 Tachyoryctes naivashae Thomas, 1909
             07 Tachyoryctes rex Heller, 1910
             08 Tachyoryctes ruandae Lönnberg & Gyldenstolpe, 1925
             09 Tachyoryctes ruddi Thomas, 1909
             10 Tachyoryctes spalacinus Thomas, 1909
             11 Tachyoryctes splendens Rüppell, 1835 - East African mole-rat