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Spalax nehringi Satunin 1898

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Spalax nehringi Satunin 1898

Spalax nehringi Satunin 1898, Zool. Anz., 21: 314.

Type Locality: Armenia, Kasikoporan.

Vernacular Names: Nehring's Blind Mole Rat.

Synonyms: Spalax anatolicus Méhely 1909; Spalax armeniacus Méhely 1909; Spalax captorum Hinton 1920; Spalax cilicicus Méhely 1909; Spalax corybantium Hinton 1920; Spalax labaumei Matschie 1919; Spalax xanthodon Nordmann 1840.

Distribution: Most of Turkey (except Thrace and SE region; also on isls of Gökçeada and Bozcaada; see Kryštufek and Vohralík, 2001), Armenia, and Georgia (see Gromov and Erbajeva, 1995; Topachevskii, 1969; Vorontsov et al., 1977 b).

Conservation: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc) as Nannospalax nehringi.

Discussion: Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and Corbet (1978 c) listed nehringi as a synonym of S. leucodon, but Topachevskii (1969) treated it as a distinct species (under subgenus Mesospalax, genus Microspalax), a revision followed by Corbet (1984) and other researchers (Kryštufek and Vohralík, 2001; Musser and Carleton, 1993; Pavlinov et al., 1995 a; Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987, 1998). Topachevskii (1969) included turcicus in the synonymy, but Savič (1982 b) placed it in S. leucodon. Analyses of morphometric, chromosomal, and genetic character sets intimate that S. nehringi and its synonyms are geographic variants of S. leucodon (Butler et al., 1993; Nevo et al., 1994 a, b, 1995, 2001; Savič and Nevo, 1990; Sözen et al., 1999; Suzuki et al., 1996 a). Russian portion reviewed by Gromov and Erbajeva (1995). See account of S. leucodon.

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
Satunin
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Spalacidae
Genus
Spalax
Species
nehringi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Spalax nehringi Satunin, 1898 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.
  • Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.
  • Corbet, G. B. 1984. The mammals of the Palearctic region: A taxonomic review. Supplement. British Museum (Natural History), London, 45 pp.
  • Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., xviii + 1206 pp.
  • 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).
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  • Butler, P. M., E. Nevo, A. Beiles, and S. Simson. 1993. Variations of molar morphology in the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies: Adaptive and phylogenetic significance. Journal of the Zoological Society of London, 229: 191 - 216.
  • Nevo, E., M. G. Filippucci, and A. Beiles. 1994 a. Genetic polymorphisms in subterranean mammals (Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies) in the Near East revisited: Patterns and theory. Heredity, 72: 465 - 487.
  • Rylands, A. B., R. A. Mittermeier, and E. R. Luna. 1995. A species list for the new world primates (Platyrrhini): distribution by country, endemism, and conservation status according to the Mace-Lande system. Neotropical Primates, 3 (Suppl.): 113 - 160.
  • Nevo, E., E. Ivanitskaya, and A. Beiles. 2001. Adaptive radiation of blind subterranean mole rats: Naming and revisiting the four sibling species of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel: Spalax galili (2 n = 52), S. golani (2 n = 54), S. carmeli (2 n = 58) and S. judaei (2 n = 60). Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, 195 pp.
  • Suzuki, H., S. Wakana, H. Yonekawa, K. Moriwaki, S. Sakurai, and E. Nevo. 1996 a. Variations in ribosomal DNA and mitochondrial DNA among chromosomal species of subterranean mole rats. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 13 (1): 85 - 92.