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Spalax arenarius Reshetnik 1939

Description

Spalax arenarius Reshetnik 1939

Spalax arenarius Reshetnik 1939, Reports Zool. Mus. Kiev, 23: 11.

Type Locality: Ukraine, Nikolaev Region, Golaya Pristan, NW shore of Black Sea.

Vernacular Names: Sandy Blind Mole Rat.

Distribution: Small range in S Ukraine (see Vorontsov et al., 1977 b, and Gromov and Erbajeva, 1995).

Conservation: IUCN - Vulnerable.

Discussion: Listed as a subspecies of S. microphthalmus by Corbet (1978 c) and included in S. giganteus by Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987), but elevated to species by Topachevskii (1969) and recognized as such by Lyapunova et al. (1974), Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1998), and Pavlinov et al. (1995 a). Topachevskii (1969) viewed the restricted geographic range of S. arenarius as relictual. Chromosomal traits (2n = 62, FN = 124) documented by Lyapunova et al. (1974). Reviewed by Gromov and Erbajeva (1995).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Spalacidae, pp. 907-926 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 907, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Reshetnik
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Spalacidae
Genus
Spalax
Species
arenarius
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Spalax arenarius Reshetnik, 1939 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Vorontsov, N. N., L. Ya. Martynova, and I. I. Fomichova. 1977 b. [An electrophoretic comparison of the blood proteins in mole rats of the fauna of the USSR (Spalacinae, Rodentia).] Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 56: 1207 - 1215 (in Russian).
  • Giagia-Athanasopoulou, E. B., B. P. Chondropoulos, and S. E. Fraguedakis-Tsolis. 1995. Robertsonian chromosomal variation in subalpine voles Microtus (Terricola), (Rodentia, Arvicolidae) from Greece. Acta Theriologica, 40 (2): 139 - 143.
  • Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.
  • Pavlinov, I. Ya., and O. L. Rossolimo. 1987. Sistematika mlekopitayushchikh SSSR [Systematics of the mammals of the USSR.]. Moscow University Press, Moscow, 282 pp. (in Russian).
  • Topachevskii, V. A. 1969. Fauna SSSR, Mlekopitayushchie, Tom 3, vyp. 3. Slepyshovye (Spalacidae) [Fauna of the USSR: Mammals. Mole rats, Spalacidae]. Nauka Publishers, Leningrad Section, Leningrad, 248 pp.
  • Lyapunova, E. A., N. N. Vorontsov, and L. Ya. Martynova. 1974. Cytological differentiation of burrowing mammals in the Palaearctic. Pp. 203 - 215, in Symposium Theriologicum II (J. Kratochvil and R. Obrtel, eds.). Prague, 394 pp.
  • Pavlinov, I. Ya., and O. L. Rossolimo. 1998. [Systematics of mammals of the USSR. Addenda. M.] Archives of the Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, 38: 190 pp. (in Russian).
  • Pavlinov, I. Ya, E. L. Yakhontov, and A. K. Agadzhanyan. 1995 a. [Mammals of Eurasia. I. Rodentia. Taxonomic and geographic guide.] Archives of the Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, 32: 289 pp. (in Russian).
  • Gromov, I. M., and M. A. Erbajeva. 1995. [The mammals of Russia and adjacent territories. Lagomorphs and Rodents.] Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institut, St. Petersburg, 520 pp.