Nannospalax monticola

(Nehring, 1898)

Montane 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

Nehring, A. 1898. Herr A. Nehring giebt ferner einige Nachträge über die Species der Gattung Spalax. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1898:1-8.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8790773

Original name as described

Spalax monticola

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Kupres, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Bosnia and Herzegovina · Croatia

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006791

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 monticola

(Nehring, 1898)

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

monticola

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8790773

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Méhelÿ (1909:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9405244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69131)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Spalax monticola monticola

(Méhelÿ, 1909)

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

monticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

121

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9405295

Authority publication

Budapest

Name usages

Méhelÿ (1909:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9405295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69131)

Nannospalax monticola

Savić & Soldatović, 1984

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

monticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

96

Authority publication

Belgrade

Name usages

  1. Savić & Soldatović (1984:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68589)
  2. Németh, Mizsei, Laczkó, Czabán, Hegyeli, Lengyel, Csorba & Sramkó (2024:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63339)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Nannospalax monticola monticola

Savić & Soldatović, 1984

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

monticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

96

Authority publication

Belgrade

Name usages

Savić & Soldatović (1984:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68589)

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