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
Authority citation
Nehring, A. 1898-08-13. Mehrere neue Spalax-Arten. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1897:163-183.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8791341Original 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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