Nannospalax ehrenbergi
(Nehring, 1898)
Middle East Blind Mole-rat
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Rodentia |
Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
Superfamily | : Muroidea |
Family | : Spalacidae |
Subfamily | : Spalacinae |
Genus | : Nannospalax |
Species status
Authority citation
Nehring, A., 1898. Über mehrere neue Spalax Arten. Sitzungsber, d. Gesellsch. Naturforsch., Freunde z. Berlin, 10:151-183.
Original name as described
Spalax ehrenbergi
Other common names
Ehrenberg's Mole-rat · Palestine Mole-rat
Type material
ZMB 15202, ZMB 15203, ZMB 15204, ZMB 15205, ZMB 15206, ZMB 15207, ZMB 15208, ZMB 15209, ZMB 15210, ZMB 15211, ZMB 15212
Type kind
syntypes
Type locality
Jaffa (= Tel Aviv), Israel.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Libya · Egypt · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Lebanon · Syria · Turkey · Iraq
Taxonomy notes
moved to Nannospalax from Spalax; includes carmeli, galili, golani, and judaei
Taxonomy notes citation
Kryštufek, B., Ivanitskaya, E., Arslan, A., Arslan, E., & BUŽAN, E. V. (2012). Evolutionary history of mole rats (genus Nannospalax) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 105(2), 446-455. · Arslan, A., Kryštufek, B., Matur, F., & Zima, J. (2016). Review of chromosome races in blind mole rats (Spalax and Nannospalax). Folia Zoologica, 65(4), 249-301.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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