Tachyoryctes is a genus of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It contains the following species: Ankole African mole-rat (T. ankoliae) Mianzini African mole-rat (T. annectens) Aberdare Mountains African mole-rat (T. audax) Demon African mole-rat (T. daemon) Kenyan African mole-rat (T. ibeanus) Big-headed African mole-rat (T. macrocephalus) Navivasha African mole-rat (T. naivashae) King African mole-rat (T. rex) Rwanda African mole-rat (T. ruandae) Rudd's African mole-rat (T. ruddi) Embi African mole-rat (T. spalacinus) Northeast African mole-rat (T. splendens) Storey's African mole-rat (T. storeyi)
Some authorities place all the species in this genus except T. macrocephalus in one species, the East African mole-rat, in which case T. splendens is used for the entire group. This taxonomy is followed by the IUCN Red List.