Taxonomy Profile: Spalax (Guldenstaedt 1770)

Spalax: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Myospalax
Hermann 1783
Nannospalax
Palmer 1903
Anotis
Rafinesque 1815
Aspalax
Desmarest 1804
Glis
Erxleben 1777
Macrospalax
Méhely 1909
Mesospalax
Méhely 1909
Microspalax
Méhely 1909
Ommatostergus
Nordmann 1840
Talpoides
Lacépède 1799
Ujhelyiana
Strand 1922
Common Name(s):
Greater Blind Mole Rats []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Spalax: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Myomorpha
Mice |
Rats |
Rats |
souris |
Voles |
Gerbils |
Hamsters |
Lemmings |
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Spalacidae
Subfamily : Spalacinae
Genus : Spalax
Greater Blind Mole Rats |
Spalax Direct Children(s):
Spalax arenarius
(Reshetnik 1939)
Spalax giganteus
(Nehring 1898)
Spalax graecus
(Nehring 1898)
Spalax microphthalmus
(Guldenstaedt 1770)
Spalax zemni
(Erxleben 1777)
Spalax carmeli
(Nevo Ivanitskaya and Beiles 2001)
Spalax ehrenbergi
(Nehring 1898)
Spalax galili
(Nevo Ivanitskaya and Beiles 2001)
Spalax golani
(Nevo Ivanitskaya and Beiles 2001)
Spalax judaei
(Nevo Ivanitskaya and Beiles 2001)
Spalax leucodon
(Nordmann 1840)
Spalax nehringi
(Satunin 1898)
Spalax uralensis
(Tiflov and Usov 1939)
Spalax: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Guy G. Musser
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Spalax
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Spalax
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Spalax
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Spalax
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Osborn, Dale J., and Ibrahim Helmy
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1980-08-15 / 1980-08-15
Article/Chapter Title:
The Contemporary Land Mammals of Egypt (Including Sinai)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fieldiana Zoology, n.s., no. 5
Page(s):
1-579
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0015-0754
Notes:
Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747210
Reference for:
Spalax
Spalax: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Spalax: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Vorontsov et al. (1977b) distinguished four species groups based upon biochemical data: the monotypic S. nehringi, S. leucodon, and S. microphthalmus groups, and the last containing S. graecus, S. polonicus, S. arenarius, and S. giganteus. The species discriminated biochemically are the same as those defined by Ognev (1963a) and Topachevskii (1969) using morphological traits and by Lyapunova et al. (1974) using chromosomal evidence. To these seven was added S. ehrenbergi. Although Savic and...