Spalax carmeli

Mount Carmel blind mole-rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Spalacidae
Genus:	Spalax
Species:	S. carmeli
Binomial name
Spalax carmeli Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles, 2001.

The Mount Carmel blind mole-rat (Spalax carmeli) is an extant species of subterranean rodent within the family Spalacidae, indigenous to northern Israel. Following the identification of S. carmeli in 2001, Nevo et al. recorded specimens in the vicinity surrounding the Afik, Kabri, and Tzippori settlements.

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