Spalax zemni
(Erxleben, 1777)
Podolsk Blind Mole-rat
Distribution :
SE Poland east into Ukraine between Dnestr and Dnepr Rivers and south to margin of Black Sea (see Savič, 1982c; Topachevskii, 1969; Vorontsov et al., 1977b).
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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
Erxleben, J.C.P. 1777. Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates cum synonymia et historia animalium. Classis I. Mammalia. Impensis Weygandianis, Leipzig, 636 pp.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Glis Zemni
Other common names
Podolian Mole-rat · Podolsk Mole-rat
Type locality
Ternopolsk region, Ukraine.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Ukraine
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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