Greater blind mole-rat

Greater blind mole-rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Spalacidae
Genus: Spalax
Species:
S. microphthalmus
Binomial name
Spalax microphthalmus
Synonyms
  • Spalax pallasii Nordmann, 1839
  • Spalax typhlus Pallas, 1779

The greater blind mole-rat (Spalax microphthalmus) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae.[2] It is found in Russia and Ukraine.

  1. ^ Tsytsulina, K.; Formozov, N.; Sheftel, B.; Zagorodnyuk, I. (2016). "Spalax microphthalmus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20430A2772472. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20430A2772472.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 921. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.