Nannospalax insularis
(O. Thomas, 1917)
Limnos 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 | : Nannospalax |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1917-10-01. The Spalax of the Grecian Archipelago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)20(118):315-317.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15611329Original name as described
Spalax monticola insularis
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1917.8.15.3
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f6c546d1-5d6c-4f9c-b51b-cc5c8cec3517Type locality
west of Mudros, Limnos Island, Greece.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Greece
Taxonomy notes
split from N. leucodon
Taxonomy notes citation
Németh, A., Mizsei, E., Laczkó, L., Czabán, D., Hegyeli, Z., Lengyel, S., ... & Sramkó, G. (2023). Evolutionary history and systematics of European blind mole rats (Rodentia: Spalacidae: Nannospalax): Multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation in a puzzling group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 190, 107958.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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