Nannospalax

Nannospalax
Lesser blind mole-rat (N. leucodon)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Spalacidae
Subfamily: Spalacinae
Genus: Nannospalax
Palmer, 1903
Species

Nannospalax ehrenbergi
Nannospalax leucodon
Nannospalax xanthodon

Nannospalax is a genus of rodent in the family Spalacidae, found in eastern Europe and western Asia. It is one of two genera in the blind mole-rats (subfamily Spalacinae), alongside Spalax.[1][2] Members of this genus are also known as small-bodied mole-rats.[3] As with members of the genus Spalax, they are completely blind, with their eyes being entirely covered by skin.

  1. ^ Database, Mammal Diversity (2022-02-01), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5945626, retrieved 2022-03-07
  2. ^ KRYŠTUFEK, BORIS; IVANITSKAYA, ELENA; ARSLAN, ATILLA; ARSLAN, EMINE; BUŽAN, ELENA V. (2011-10-31). "Evolutionary history of mole rats (genus Nannospalax) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 105 (2): 446–455. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01795.x. ISSN 0024-4066. S2CID 83596816.
  3. ^ Matur, Ferhat; Yanchukov, Alexey; Çolak, Faruk; Sözen, Mustafa (2019-01-01). "Two major clades of blind mole rats (Nannospalax sp.) revealed by mtDNA and microsatellite genotyping in Western and Central Turkey". Mammalian Biology. 94: 38–47. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2018.11.004. ISSN 1616-5047. S2CID 92557692.