Nannospalax leucodon

Nannospalax leucodon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Spalacidae
Subfamilia: Spalacinae
Genus: Nannospalax
Subgenus: Nannospalax (Mesospalax)
Species: Nannospalax leucodon

Name

Nannospalax leucodon (Nordmann, 1840)

• Holotype: Nordmann private collection unnumbered, skull.
• Type locality: “environs d'Odessa” Ukraine.

Combinations

• Spalax typhlus leucodon Nordmann, 1840: 34 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Nordmann, A. 1840. Catalogue raisonné des mammifères de la faune pontique. pp. 9–65. in Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée. Ernest Bourdin at Co.: Paris. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Németh, A., Mizsei, E., Laczkó, L., Czabán, D., Hegyeli, Z., Lengyel, S., Csorba, G. & Sramkó, G. 2024. Evolutionary history and systematics of European blind mole rats (Rodentia: Spalacidae: Nannospalax): Multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation in a puzzling group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 190: 107958. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107958 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• български: Планинско сляпо куче
• čeština: Slepec malý
• Deutsch: Westblindmaus
• English: Lesser Blind Mole-rat
• suomi: Unkarinsokkohiiri
• magyar: Nyugati földikutya
• Nederlands: Westelijke blindmuis