Spalax graecus
Nehring, 1898
Bukovina 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
Authority citation
Zool. Anz., vol. 21, 228
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9739201Original name as described
Spalax graecus
Other common names
Balkan Blind Mole-rat · Balkan Mole-rat
Type material
ZSM 106, ZSM 236
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
vicinity of Athens, Greece. Corrected by V. A. Topachevskii in 1969 to the vicinity of Chernovtsy, Bukovina Region, Ukraine.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Ukraine · Romania · Moldova
Taxonomy notes
previously included S. antiquus and S. istricus
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
Vulnerable
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