Nannospalax leucodon

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 leucodon

Name

Nannospalax leucodon (Nordmann, 1840)

Holotype: Nordmann private collection unnumbered, skull.
Type locality: “environs d'Odessa” Ukraine.

Combinations

Spalax typhlus leucodon Nordmann, 1840: 34 [original combination]

References

Primary references

Nordmann, A. 1840. Catalogue raisonné des mammifères de la faune pontique. pp. 9–65. in Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée. Ernest Bourdin at Co.: Paris. 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

български: Планинско сляпо куче
čeština: Slepec malý
Deutsch: Westblindmaus
English: Lesser Blind Mole-rat
suomi: Unkarinsokkohiiri
magyar: Nyugati földikutya
Nederlands: Westelijke blindmuis