Nannospalax turcicus

(Méhelÿ, 1909)

Thracean 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

Méhelÿ, L. 1909. Species generis Spalax. A földi kutyák fajai származás- és rendszertani tekintetben. A Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Kiadása, Budapest, 353 pp.

Original name as described

Spalax monticola turcicus

Type material

MNHNS (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Makrikeui [=Makri-Koi], Istambul, Turkey.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Turkey

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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