Spalax lyapunovae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 Cladus: 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: Spalax
Species: Spalax lyapunovae

Spalax lyapunovae Brandler, Tukhbatullin, Kapustina & Puzachenko in Brandler et al., 2026: 267

Holotype: ZMMU S-211554, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by O.V. Brandler, A.R. Tukhbatullin and S.Y. Kapustina on 16 May 2021.
Type locality: “7 km south-south-west of Kislovodsk town (43.835324°N, 42.682150°E, elevation ~ 1382 m above sea level [a.s.l.], coordinates taken by GPS), Russia, Stavropol Krai, Predgorniy Municipality”.

Brandler, O.V., Tukhbatullin, A.R., Kapustina, S.Yu., Matveevsky, S.N., Tembotova, F.A. & Puzachenko, A.Y. 2026. Integrative systematics of large-bodied blind mole rats (Rodentia: Spalacidae: Spalax) with description of Spalax lyapunovae sp. nov. from the North Caucasus. Vertebrate Zoology 76: 247–274. DOI: 10.3897/vz.76.e180973 Reference page.