Spalax istricus

Méhelÿ, 1909

Oltenia 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 Földi Kutyák Fajai. Budapest. (1909): 186

Original name as described

Spalax istricus

Type material

HNHM 2522.4

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Bârza, Olt 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

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003800

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 istricus

Méhelÿ, 1909

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

istricus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HNHM 2522.4

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

186

Authority publication

Budapest

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/97250154/217345689) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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