Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
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Spalax
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
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Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
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Spalax
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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/
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Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
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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/
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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
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ISBN/ISSN:
/0015-0754
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Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747210
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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...