East African mole-rat has been split into the following species:

• Northeast African mole-rat, Tachyoryctes splendens
• Ankole African mole-rat, Tachyoryctes ankoliae
• Mianzini African mole-rat, Tachyoryctes annectens
• Aberdare Mountains African mole-rat, Tachyoryctes audax
• Demon African mole-rat, Tachyoryctes daemon
• Kenyan African mole-rat, Tachyoryctes ibeanus
• Navivasha African mole-rat, Tachyoryctes naivashae
• King African mole-rat, Tachyoryctes rex
• Rwanda African mole-rat, Tachyoryctes ruandae
• Embi African mole-rat, Tachyoryctes spalacinus
• Storey's African mole-rat, Tachyoryctes storeyi