Nannospalax karyominor
T. Kankılıç, Tatyüz, Yürümez, T. Kankılıç, Köse, Coşkun, & Civelek, 2025
Kuseyr Plateau 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
Kankılıç, T., Tatyüz, İ., Yürümez, G., Kankılıç, T., Köse, B., Coşkun, Y. and Civelek, İ. 2025-12-23. Taxonomic revision of the Nannospalax ehrenbergi species complex (Rodentia: Spalacidae) in Anatolian Peninsula, with description of three new species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 321:16-37.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2025.12.006Original name as described
Nannospalax karyominor
Type material
NU 45
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Türkiye, Hatay, Yayladağ, Çatbaşı (36° 01′ 26″ N; 36° 11′ 08″ E, Elevation 521 m)".
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Turkey
Taxonomy notes
recently described based on populations previously attributed to 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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