Nannospalax tuncelicus
(Coşkun, 1996)
Tunceli 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
Coşkun, Y. 1996-02. A new subspecies of _Spalax nehringi_ (Satunin, 1898) (Rodentia: Spalacidae) from Turkey. Säugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 37(3):103-109.
Original name as described
Spalax nehringi tuncelicus
Type material
Dicle 69
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Gömemiş village, 16 km northeast of Tunceli, 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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