Spalax antiquus

Méhelÿ, 1909

Mehely's 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 : Spalax

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

A Foldi Kutyak Fajai, Budapest, 175.

Original name as described

Spalax graecus antiquus

Type locality

near Apahida, Cluj County, Romania; Nădăşelu, Cluj County, Romania; Lechinţa de Mureş near Târgu Mureş, Mureş County, Romania; near Gherla, Cluj County, Romania; and near Someşeni, Cluj County, Romania.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Romania

Taxonomy notes

split from S. graecus

Taxonomy notes citation

Nemeth, A., Homonnay, Z.G., Krizsik, V., Csorba, M., Pavlicek, T., Hegyeli, Z., Hadid, Y., Sugar, S., Farkas, J., Csorba, G. 2013. Old views and new insights: taxonomic revision of the Bukovina blind mole rat, Spalax graecus (Rodentia:Spalacinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169: 903-914.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003796

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 graecus mezőségiensis

Szunyoghy, 1937

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

mezosegiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HNHM 3265

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

186, 190

Authority publication

Állattani Közlemények

Name usages

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

Spalax antiquus

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

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

antiquus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

137

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/97250195/217344739) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Spalax graecus antiquus

Méhelÿ, 1909

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

antiquus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

175

Authority publication

Budapest

Name usages

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

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