Spalax giganteus

Nehring, 1898

Giant 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

Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin, 169

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8791329

Original name as described

Spalax giganteus

Other common names

Giant Mole-rat

Type locality

near Makhachkala, W shore of Caspian Sea, Dagestan, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003798

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 giganteus

Nehring, 1898

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

giganteus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

169

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8791329

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20429/2772339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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