Nannospalax ceyhanus
(Szunyoghy, 1941)
Ceyhan 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
Authority citation
Szunyoghy, J. 1941. Két új földikutya kisázsiából. Állattani Közlemények 38:78-87.
Authority publication link
https://real-j.mtak.hu/8095/Original name as described
Spalax Ehrenbergi var. ceyhanus
Type material
HNHM 4104.13
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Ceyhan (about 50 km east of Adana), Turkey.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Turkey
Taxonomy notes
split from N. ehrenbergi
Taxonomy notes citation
Coşkun, Y., Németh, A. and Csorba, G. 2010. Ceyhanus is an available name for a distinct form of Nannospalax (superspecies ehrenbergi) (Rodentia: Spalacinae). Mammalian Biology 75(5):463-465. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2009.03.007 · 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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