Sandy blind mole-rat | |
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Spalax arenarius on a Ukrainian coin issued in 2005 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Spalacidae |
Genus: | Spalax |
Species: | S. arenarius
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Binomial name | |
Spalax arenarius Reshetnik, 1939
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The sandy blind mole-rat (Spalax arenarius) is an endangered species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is endemic to Ukraine.[2] It was first identified by Evdokia Reshetnik in 1939.[3]: 144