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| taxon = Spalax
| taxon = Spalax
| authority = [[Johann Anton Güldenstädt|Güldenstädt]], 1770
| authority = [[Johann Anton Güldenstädt|Güldenstädt]], 1770
| type_species = ''[[Spalax microphthalmus]]''<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3|id=13000025}}</ref>
| type_species_authority = [[Güldenstädt]], 1770
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = ''[[Spalax antiquus]]''<br />
| subdivision = ''[[Spalax antiquus]]''<br />
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'''''Spalax''''' is a genus of [[rodent]] in the family [[Spalacidae]], subfamily ''[[Spalacinae]]'' (blind mole-rats). It is one of two extant genera in the subfamily [[Blind mole-rat|Spalacinae]], alongside ''[[Nannospalax]]''.''<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Hadid |first1=Yarin |last2=Németh |first2=Attila |last3=Snir |first3=Sagi |last4=Pavlíček |first4=Tomáš |last5=Csorba |first5=Gábor |last6=Kázmér |first6=Miklós |last7=Major |first7=Ágnes |last8=Mezhzherin |first8=Sergey |last9=Rusin |first9=Mikhail |last10=Coşkun |first10=Yüksel |last11=Nevo |first11=Eviatar |date=2012-01-09 |title=Is Evolution of Blind Mole Rats Determined by Climate Oscillations? |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=e30043 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0030043 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=3253805 |pmid=22253871|bibcode=2012PLoSO...730043H |doi-access=free }}</ref>''
'''''Spalax''''' is a [[genus]] of [[rodent]] in the family [[Spalacidae]], subfamily [[Spalacinae]] (blind mole-rats). It is one of two extant genera in the subfamily [[Blind mole-rat|Spalacinae]], alongside ''[[Nannospalax]]''.''<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal |last1=Hadid |first1=Yarin |last2=Németh |first2=Attila |last3=Snir |first3=Sagi |last4=Pavlíček |first4=Tomáš |last5=Csorba |first5=Gábor |last6=Kázmér |first6=Miklós |last7=Major |first7=Ágnes |last8=Mezhzherin |first8=Sergey |last9=Rusin |first9=Mikhail |last10=Coşkun |first10=Yüksel |last11=Nevo |first11=Eviatar |date=2012-01-09 |title=Is Evolution of Blind Mole Rats Determined by Climate Oscillations? |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=e30043 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0030043 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=3253805 |pmid=22253871|bibcode=2012PLoSO...730043H |doi-access=free }}</ref>''


Species in this genus are found in [[eastern Europe]] and [[Western Asia|western]] & [[central Asia]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Database |first=Mammal Diversity |title=Mammal Diversity Database |date=2022-02-01 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5945626 |access-date=2022-03-08}}</ref> They are completely blind and have a subterranean lifestyle.<ref name="Lamarck2">{{cite book |author=Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_8NsTAAAAQAAJ |title=Philosophie zoologique ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux |publisher=Dentu |year=1809}}</ref>
Species in this genus are found in [[eastern Europe]] and [[Western Asia|western]] & [[central Asia]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Database |first=Mammal Diversity |title=Mammal Diversity Database |date=2022-02-01 |doi=10.5281/zenodo.5945626 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5945626 |access-date=2022-03-08}}</ref> They are completely blind and have a subterranean lifestyle.<ref name="Lamarck2">{{cite book |author=Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_8NsTAAAAQAAJ |title=Philosophie zoologique ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux |publisher=Dentu |year=1809}}</ref>


== Taxonomy ==
== Taxonomy ==
Prior to 2013, ''Spalax'' was widely considered the only member of Spalacinae, with all blind mole-rat species being grouped within it. However, phylogenetic and morphological evidence supported some of the species within it forming a distinct lineage that diverged from the others during the [[Late Miocene]], when a marine barrier formed between [[Anatolia]] and the [[Balkans]]. These species were reclassified into the genus ''[[Nannospalax]]'', making ''Spalax'' one of two extant spalacine genera.''<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal |last1=Hadid |first1=Yarin |last2=Németh |first2=Attila |last3=Snir |first3=Sagi |last4=Pavlíček |first4=Tomáš |last5=Csorba |first5=Gábor |last6=Kázmér |first6=Miklós |last7=Major |first7=Ágnes |last8=Mezhzherin |first8=Sergey |last9=Rusin |first9=Mikhail |last10=Coşkun |first10=Yüksel |last11=Nevo |first11=Eviatar |date=2012-01-09 |title=Is Evolution of Blind Mole Rats Determined by Climate Oscillations? |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=e30043 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0030043 |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=3253805 |pmid=22253871|bibcode=2012PLoSO...730043H |doi-access=free }}</ref>''
Prior to 2013, ''Spalax'' was widely considered the only member of Spalacinae, with all blind mole-rat species being grouped within it. However, phylogenetic and morphological evidence supported some of the species within it forming a distinct lineage that diverged from the others during the [[Late Miocene]], when a marine barrier formed between [[Anatolia]] and the [[Balkans]]. These species were reclassified into the genus ''[[Nannospalax]]'', making ''Spalax'' one of two extant spalacine genera.''<ref name=":12"/>''


==Species of genus ''Spalax'' ==
==Species of genus ''Spalax'' ==


*[[Mehely's blind mole-rat]]'', S. antiquus''<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite journal|title=Old views and new insights: taxonomic revision of the Bukovina blind mole rat, Spalax graecus (Rodentia: Spalacinae)|date=2013|doi=10.1111/zoj.12081|url=http://real.mtak.hu/7751/7/NemethA%202013%20zoj_12081%20Copy.pdf|last1=Németh |first1=Attila |last2=Homonnay |first2=Zalán G. |last3=Krízsik |first3=Virág |last4=Csorba |first4=Máté |last5=Pavlíček |first5=Tomáš |last6=Hegyeli |first6=Zsolt |last7=Hadid |first7=Yarin |last8=Sugár |first8=Szilárd |last9=Farkas |first9=János |last10=Csorba |first10=Gábor |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=169 |issue=4 |pages=903–914 }}</ref>
*[[Mehely's blind mole-rat]]'', S. antiquus''<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite journal|title=Old views and new insights: taxonomic revision of the Bukovina blind mole rat, Spalax graecus (Rodentia: Spalacinae)|date=2013|doi=10.1111/zoj.12081|url=http://real.mtak.hu/7751/7/NemethA%202013%20zoj_12081%20Copy.pdf|last1=Németh |first1=Attila |last2=Homonnay |first2=Zalán G. |last3=Krízsik |first3=Virág |last4=Csorba |first4=Máté |last5=Pavlíček |first5=Tomáš |last6=Hegyeli |first6=Zsolt |last7=Hadid |first7=Yarin |last8=Sugár |first8=Szilárd |last9=Farkas |first9=János |last10=Csorba |first10=Gábor |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=169 |issue=4 |pages=903–914 |s2cid=82892241 }}</ref>
*[[Sandy blind mole-rat]], ''S. arenarius''
*[[Sandy blind mole-rat]], ''S. arenarius''
*[[Giant blind mole-rat]], ''S. giganteus''
*[[Giant blind mole-rat]], ''S. giganteus''
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* {{cite journal | last1 = Steppan | first1 = S. J. | last2 = Adkins | first2 = R. A. | last3 = Anderson | first3 = J. | year = 2004 | title = Phylogeny and divergence date estimates of rapid radiations in muroid rodents based on multiple nuclear genes | journal = Systematic Biology | volume = 53 | issue = 4 | pages = 533–553 | doi = 10.1080/10635150490468701 | pmid = 15371245 }}
* {{cite journal | last1 = Steppan | first1 = S. J. | last2 = Adkins | first2 = R. A. | last3 = Anderson | first3 = J. | year = 2004 | title = Phylogeny and divergence date estimates of rapid radiations in muroid rodents based on multiple nuclear genes | journal = Systematic Biology | volume = 53 | issue = 4 | pages = 533–553 | doi = 10.1080/10635150490468701 | pmid = 15371245 }}
* Topachevskii, V. A. (1976) ''Fauna of the USSR. Volume III: Mammals. Issue 3: Mole rats, Spalacidae''. New Delhi: Amerind.
* Topachevskii, V. A. (1976) ''Fauna of the USSR. Volume III: Mammals. Issue 3: Mole rats, Spalacidae''. New Delhi: Amerind.
*{{cite journal | vauthors=Irena Manov, Mark Hirsh, Theodore C Iancu, Assaf Malik, Nick Sotnichenko, Mark Band, Aaron Avivi and Imad Shams|year=2013|title=Pronounced cancer resistance in a subterranean rodent, the blind mole-rat, Spalax: in vivo and in vitro evidence|journal=BMC Biology|url=https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1741-7007-11-91}}
*{{cite journal | first1=Irena |last1=Manov |first2=Mark |last2=Hirsh |first3=Theodore C |last3=Iancu |first4=Assaf |last4=Malik |first5=Nick |last5=Sotnichenko |first6=Mark |last6=Band |first7=Aaron |last7=Avivi |first8=Imad |last8=Shams |year=2013 |title=Pronounced cancer resistance in a subterranean rodent, the blind mole-rat, Spalax: in vivo and in vitro evidence|journal=BMC Biology|volume=11 |page=91 |doi=10.1186/1741-7007-11-91 |pmid=23937926 |pmc=3750378 |doi-access=free }}


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Spalax
Greater blind mole-rat (S. microphthalmus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Spalacidae
Subfamily: Spalacinae
Genus: Spalax
Güldenstädt, 1770
Type species
Spalax microphthalmus[1]
Species

Spalax antiquus
Spalax arenarius
Spalax giganteus
Spalax graecus
Spalax istricus
Spalax microphthalmus
Spalax uralensis
Spalax zemni

Spalax is a genus of rodent in the family Spalacidae, subfamily Spalacinae (blind mole-rats). It is one of two extant genera in the subfamily Spalacinae, alongside Nannospalax.[2]

Species in this genus are found in eastern Europe and western & central Asia.[3] They are completely blind and have a subterranean lifestyle.[4]

Taxonomy

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Prior to 2013, Spalax was widely considered the only member of Spalacinae, with all blind mole-rat species being grouped within it. However, phylogenetic and morphological evidence supported some of the species within it forming a distinct lineage that diverged from the others during the Late Miocene, when a marine barrier formed between Anatolia and the Balkans. These species were reclassified into the genus Nannospalax, making Spalax one of two extant spalacine genera.[2]

Species of genus Spalax

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References

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  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Hadid, Yarin; Németh, Attila; Snir, Sagi; Pavlíček, Tomáš; Csorba, Gábor; Kázmér, Miklós; Major, Ágnes; Mezhzherin, Sergey; Rusin, Mikhail; Coşkun, Yüksel; Nevo, Eviatar (2012-01-09). "Is Evolution of Blind Mole Rats Determined by Climate Oscillations?". PLOS ONE. 7 (1): e30043. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...730043H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030043. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3253805. PMID 22253871.
  3. ^ Database, Mammal Diversity (2022-02-01), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5945626, retrieved 2022-03-08
  4. ^ Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste (1809). Philosophie zoologique ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Dentu.
  5. ^ a b Németh, Attila; Homonnay, Zalán G.; Krízsik, Virág; Csorba, Máté; Pavlíček, Tomáš; Hegyeli, Zsolt; Hadid, Yarin; Sugár, Szilárd; Farkas, János; Csorba, Gábor (2013). "Old views and new insights: taxonomic revision of the Bukovina blind mole rat, Spalax graecus (Rodentia: Spalacinae)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 169 (4): 903–914. doi:10.1111/zoj.12081. S2CID 82892241.

Further reading

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