Nannospalax montanoserbicus

(Savić & Soldatović, 1974)

Central Serbian 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: Mesospalax

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Savić, I. and Soldatović, B. 1974. Die Verbreitung der Karyotypen der Blindmaus Spalax (Mesospalax) in Jugoslawien. Arhiv bioloških nauka 26(3-4):115-122.

Original name as described

Spalax montanoserbicus

Type locality

Zlatibor, Serbia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Albania · Kosovo · Montenegro · Serbia · Bosnia and Herzegovina?

Taxonomy notes

split from N. leucodon, although some authorities still recognize this taxon as a subspecies of N. leucodon

Taxonomy notes citation

Németh, A., Mizsei, E., Laczkó, L., Czabán, D., Hegyeli, Z., Lengyel, S., Csorba, G. and 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107958 · Lukić, P., Bugarski-Stanojević, V., Đokić, M., Ćupić Miladinović, D., Kataranovski, D., Savić, I., & Jojić, V. (2026). Are five cryptic species of the European lesser blind mole rat, Nannospalax leucodon (Rodentia: Spalacidae), sexually dimorphic based on cranial variation?. Mammal Research, 71(3), 51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-026-00872-y

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006789

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Spalax montanoserbicus

Savić & Soldatović, 1974

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

montanoserbicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Hochgebirgsform, Vorkommen mi vorglazialen mittelbalkanischen Gebirge, 70 bis 1700 m über NN, inselartige Verbreitung

Type locality

Serbia.

Authority page

120

Authority publication

Arhiv bioloških nauka

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Nannospalax montanoserbicus:

Savić & Soldatović, 1984

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

montanoserbicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Belgrade

Name usages

Savić & Soldatović (1984:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68589)
Németh, Mizsei, Laczkó, Czabán, Hegyeli, Lengyel, Csorba & Sramkó (2024:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63339)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Nannospalax montanoserbicus montanoserbicus:

Savić & Soldatović, 1984

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

montanoserbicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Belgrade

Name usages

Savić & Soldatović (1984:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68589)

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