Nannospalax cilicicus
(Méhelÿ, 1909)
Central Anatolian 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
Authority citation
Méhelÿ, L. 1909. Species generis Spalax. A földi kutyák fajai származás- és rendszertani tekintetben. A Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Kiadása, Budapest, 353 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9405258Original name as described
Spalax monticola cilicicus
Type material
HNHM 2727.16
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Bulgar-Maden (= Bulgar Madeni = Madenköy), Cilician Taurus, Niğde, Turkey.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Turkey
Taxonomy notes
split from N. xanthodon
Taxonomy notes citation
Németh, A., Mizsei, E., Laczkó, L., Czabán, D., Hegyeli, Z., Lengyel, S., ... & Sramkó, G. (2024). 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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