Spalax arenarius

Reshetnik, 1939

Sandy 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Reshetnik, Ye.G. 1939. До систематики і географічного поширення сліпаків (Spalacidae) в УРСР. Інститут Зоології і Біології АН УРСР, Збірник Праць Зоологічного Музею 23:3-21.

Original name as described

Spalax polonicus arenarius

Other common names

Sandy Mole-rat

Type material

NNPM 2990/31 (= "14")

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

NW shore of Black Sea, Golaya Pristan, Nikolaev Region, Ukraine.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Ukraine

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003797

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 polonicus arenarius

Reshetnik, 1939

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

arenarius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NNPM 2990/31 (= "14")

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

11

Authority publication

Інститут Зоології і Біології АН УРСР, Збірник Праць Зоологічного Музею

Spalax arenarius

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

arenarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20428/9198777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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