Nannospalax insularis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Spalacidae
Subfamilia: Spalacinae
Genus: Nannospalax
Species: Nannospalax insularis

Name

Nannospalax insularis (Thomas, 1917)

• Holotype: BMNH 1917.8.15.3, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by T.S. Blackwell on 6 April 1917.
• Type locality: “Island of Lemnos. Type from Mudros West”.

Combinations

• Spalax monticola insularis Thomas, 1917: 315 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1917. The Spalax of the Grecian Archipelago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 8 20(118): 315–317. DOI: 10.1080/00222931709487012 ; BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Németh, A., Mizsei, E., Laczkó, L., Czabán, D., Hegyeli, Z., Lengyel, S., Csorba, G. & Sramkó, G. 2024. Evolutionary history and systematics of European blind mole rats (Rodentia: Spalacidae: Nannospalax): Multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation in a puzzling group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 190: 107958. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107958 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Limnos Blind Mole-rat