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Spalax
The genus Spalax contains the blind, fossorial, or subterranean mole rats, which are one of several types of rodents that are called "mole rats". The hystricognath mole-rats of the family Bathyergidae are completely unrelated, but some other forms are also in the family Spalacidae. Zokors (subfamily Myospalacinae), root rats, and bamboo rats (subfamily Rhizomyinae) are spalacids sometimes referred to as mole rats. Blind mole rats are in the family Spalacidae, but are unique enough to be
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species
Greater Blind Molerat
speciesSpalax microphthalmus
Giant Blind Molerat
speciesSpalax giganteus
Podolsk Blind Molerat
speciesSpalax zemni
Sandy Blind Molerat
speciesSpalax arenarius
Balkan Blind Molerat
speciesSpalax graecus
Kazakhstan Blind Molerat
speciesSpalax uralensis
Mehely's Blind Mole-Rat
speciesSpalax antiquus
Oltenia Blind Mole-Rat
speciesSpalax istricus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 852243.