Nannospalax hellenicus

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 hellenicus

Name

Nannospalax hellenicus Méhelÿ, 1909

• Lectotype: HNHM 2637, adult indet., skin and skull. [designated by Csorba & Demeter (1991: 84)]
• Type locality: “Parnassusról, Lamia környékéről”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Lamia”, Greece by Csorba & Demeter (1991: 84).
• Paralectotype: HNHM 2483, subadult indet., skull, from Parnassus.

Combinations

• Spalax monticola hellenicus Méhelÿ, 1909: 100 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Méhelÿ, L. 1909. Species generis Spalax. A földi kutyák fajai származás és rendszertani tekintetben. Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Kiadásia: Budapest. 353 pp. Reference page. 
• Csorba, G. & Demeter, A. 1991. Annotated list of type specimens of recent mammals in the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica 6: 77–85. 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: Hellenic Blind Mole-rat