Kazakhstan blind mole-rat
Kazakhstan blind mole-rat (Spalax uralensis, alternatively Ural blind mole-rat) is an extant species of blind mole-rat indigenous to Kazakhstan, along the Ural River basin and the flood plains of the Uil, Temir, and Emba rivers.[2] Whereas the species inhabits an area approximately 100,000 km2 in size, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) describes S. uralensis as rare and its habitat prone to overgrazing.[1] In 1993, Puzachenko's morphometric analysis demonstrated that the species was distinct from S. giganteus.[2]
| Kazakhstan blind mole-rat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Spalacidae |
| Genus: | Spalax |
| Species: | S. uralensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Spalax uralensis (Tiflov and Usov, 1939) | |
References
- Tsytsulina, K. (2008). "Spalax uralensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (2005). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0801882210.
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