Spalacinae
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Spalax Temporal range: Early Miocene–Recent |
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| Spalax ehrenbergi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Superfamily: | Muroidea |
| Family: | Spalacidae |
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Spalacinae Gray, 1821 |
| Genus: |
Spalax Guldenstaedt, 1770 |
| Species | |
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Spalax antiquus |
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| Synonyms | |
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Nannospalax Palmer, 1903 |
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Spalax antiquus
Spalax arenarius
Spalax carmeli
Spalax ehrenbergi
Spalax galili
Spalax giganteus
Spalax golani
Spalax graecus
Spalax istricus
Spalax judaei
Spalax leucodon
Spalax microphthalmus
Spalax munzuri
Spalax nehringi
Spalax uralensis
Spalax zemni
Nannospalax Palmer, 1903
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) and 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 given a separate subfamily, Spalacinae. Alternate opinions on taxonomy consider the blind mole-rats to be the only members of the family Spalacidae and rank other spalacid subfamilies as full families. Other authors group all members of the superfamily Muroidea into a single family, Muridae. The Spalacinae contains two genera and eight species. Some authorities treat all species as belonging to a single genus, Spalax.
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