Balkan mole-rat

The Balkan mole-rat or Bukovin mole-rat (Spalax graecus) is a species of rodents in the family Spalacidae found in Romania, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.

Balkan mole-rat

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Spalacidae
Genus: Spalax
Species:
S. graecus
Binomial name
Spalax graecus
Nehring, 1898

References

  • Amori, G. 1996. Spalax graecus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
  • Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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