Nannospalax intermedius

(Nehring, 1898)

Intermediate 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
Subgenus : Nannospalax

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Nehring, A. 1898-08-13. Mehrere neue Spalax-Arten. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1897:163-183.

Original name as described

Spalax intermedius

Type material

ZMB (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Tschengenkoi, einige Stunden landeinwärts Iskenderun, nördlichen Syria (= Çengenköy, Arsuz, İskenderun, Turkey).

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Turkey · Iraq · Syria?

Taxonomy notes

split from N. ehrenbergi

Taxonomy notes citation

Kankılıç, T., Tatyüz, İ., Yürümez, G., Kankılıç, T., Köse, B., Coşkun, Y. and Civelek, İ. 2025. Taxonomic revision of the Nannospalax ehrenbergi species complex (Rodentia: Spalacidae) in Anatolian Peninsula, with description of three new species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 321:16-37. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2025.12.006

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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