Nannospalax xanthodon

(Nordmann, 1840)

Western Anatolian 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Demidoff Voy. j, 35

Original name as described

Spalax typhlus xanthodon

Other common names

Anatolian Mole-rat

Type locality

Smyrna, Turkey.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Turkey · Greece

Taxonomy notes

previously included N. nehringi, N. tuncelicus, and N. cilicicus

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. · Németh, A., Mizsei, E., Laczkó, L., Czabán, D., Hegyeli, Z., Lengyel, S., ... & Sramkó, G. (2024). Evolutionary history and systematics of European blind mole rats (Rodentia: Spalacidae: Nannospalax): Multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation in a puzzling group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 190, 107958.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003795

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Spalax monticola anatolicus

(Méhelÿ, 1909)

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

anatolicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HNHM 2677.10

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

88

Authority publication

Budapest

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Nannospalax xanthodon

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

xanthodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

140

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Németh, Mizsei, Laczkó, Czabán, Hegyeli, Lengyel, Csorba & Sramkó (2024:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63339)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14327/22276510) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Spalax typhlus xanthodon

(Nordmann, 1840)

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

xanthodon

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

35

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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