Category:Tachyoryctes macrocephalus

**Big-headed mole rat**
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Instance of	taxon;
IUCN conservation status	Endangered;
Common name
	English: Big-headed mole rat, Giant Mole Rat; مصرى: فار الخلد الكبير الراس; Kotava: Elmakol; Deutsch: Riesenmaulwurfsratte, Riesen-Maulwurfsratte, Äthiopische Riesenmaulwurfsratte; Esperanto: Grandakapa talpo-rato; עברית: חולד גדול-ראש; 한국어: 큰머리두더지쥐; norsk bokmål: Kjemperotrotte; Nederlands: Reuzenmolrat; norsk: Kjemperotrotte; Diné bizaad: Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ łéʼétsoh naʼageedí ntsaaígíí; polski: Afroślepiec wielkogłowy; 中文: 大东非鼹鼠; 中文（中国大陆）: 大东非鼹鼠; 中文（简体）: 大东非鼹鼠;
Taxonomy
Class	Mammalia
Subclass	Theriiformes
Superlegion	Trechnotheria
Infralegion	Boreosphenida
Subclass	Theria
Infraclass	Placentalia
Magnorder	Boreoeutheria
Superorder	Euarchontoglires
Order	Rodentia
Suborder	Myomorpha
Superfamily	Muroidea
Family	Muridae
Subfamily	Rhizomyinae
Genus	Tachyoryctes
Species	Tachyoryctes macrocephalus
Taxon author	Eduard Rüppell, 1842
Authority file
	Q784176; IUCN taxon ID: 21293; NCBI taxonomy ID: 2170709; ITIS TSN: 632765; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 1179543; BioLib taxon ID: 36428; GBIF taxon ID: 2438339; MSW ID: 13000046; ARKive ID (archived): tachyoryctes-macrocephalus, big-headed-mole-rat/tachyoryctes-macrocephalus; iNaturalist taxon ID: 44990; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 914851; ADW taxon ID: Tachyoryctes_macrocephalus; IRMNG ID: 10236691
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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Rodentia • Superfamilia: Muroidea • Familia: Spalacidae • Subfamilia: Tachyoryctinae • Genus: Tachyoryctes • Species: Tachyoryctes macrocephalus (Rüppell, 1842)