Balkan mole-rat
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| Balkan mole-rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Spalacidae |
| Genus: | Spalax |
| Species: | S. graecus
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| Binomial name | |
| Spalax graecus Nehring, 1898
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The Balkan mole-rat or Bukovin mole-rat (Spalax graecus) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae found in Romania, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. The organism can be described as having a long, cylindrical body with no neck and relatively weak limbs. The Bukovina mole rats are blind and do not possess any external ears. [2]
References[]
- ^ Dando, T. (2020). "Spalax graecus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T97249856A97249986. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T97249856A97249986.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Chişamera, G., Bužan, E. V., Sahlean, T., Murariu, D., Zupan, S., & Kryštufek, B. (2013). Bukovina blind mole rat Spalax graecus revisited: Phylogenetics, morphology, taxonomy, Habitat Associations and conservation. Mammal Review, 44(1), 19–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12001
- 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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