Spalax lyapunovae
Brandler, Tukhbatullin, S. Y. Kapustina, & Puzachenko in Brandler, Tukhbatullin, S. Y. Kapustina, Matveevsky, F. A. Tembotova, & Puzachenko, 2026
Lyapunova’s 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 | : Spalax |
Species status
Authority citation
Brandler, O.V., Tukhbatullin, A.R., Kapustina, S.Y., Matveevsky, S.N., Tembotova, F.A. and Puzachenko, A.Yu. 2026-04-30. Integrative systematics of large-bodied blind mole rats (Rodentia: Spalacidae: Spalax) with description of Spalax lyapunovae sp. nov. from the North Caucasus. Vertebrate Zoology 76:247-274.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Spalax lyapunovae
Type material
ZMMU S-211554
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"7 km south-south-west of Kislovodsk town (43.835324°N, 42.682150°E, elevation ~ 1382 m above sea level [a.s.l.], coordinates taken by GPS), Russia, Stavropol Krai, Predgorniy Municipality."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Russia
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Brandler, O.V., Tukhbatullin, A.R., Kapustina, S.Y., Matveevsky, S.N., Tembotova, F.A. and Puzachenko, A.Yu. 2026. Integrative systematics of large-bodied blind mole rats (Rodentia: Spalacidae: Spalax) with description of Spalax lyapunovae sp. nov. from the North Caucasus. Vertebrate Zoology 76:247-274. doi:10.3897/vz.76.e180973
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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