Balkan Mole Rat

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Balkan Mole Rat

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Spalacidae
Genus:	Spalax
Species:	S. graecus

Binomial name

Spalax graecus
Nehring, 1898

The Balkan Mole Rat or Bukovin Mole Rat (Spalax graecus) is a species of rodent in the Spalacidae family. It is found in Romania and Ukraine.

[edit] References

Amori, G. 1996. Spalax graecus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

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Extant species of family Spalacidae

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Myomorpha · Superfamily: Muroidea

Myospalacinae

Myospalax	M. myospalax group: False Zokor (Myospalax aspalax) · Siberian Zokor (Myospalax myospalax) M. psilurus group: Transbaikal Zokor (Myospalax psilurus)

Eospalax	Chinese Zokor (Eospalax fontanierii) · Rothschild's Zokor (Eospalax rothschildi) · Smith's Zokor (Eospalax smithii)

Rhizomyinae

Rhizomys	Hoary Bamboo Rat (Rhizomys pruinosus) · Chinese Bamboo Rat (Rhizomys sinensis) · Large Bamboo Rat (Rhizomys sumatrensis)

Cannomys	Lesser Bamboo Rat (Cannomys badius)

Tachyoryctes	Ankole Mole Rat (Tachyoryctes ankoliae) · Mianzini Mole Rat (Tachyoryctes annectens) · Audacious Mole Rat (Tachyoryctes audax) · Demon Mole Rat (Tachyoryctes daemon) · Kenyan African Mole Rat (Tachyoryctes ibeanus) · Big-headed Mole Rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) · Naivasha Mole Rat (Tachyoryctes naivashae) · King Mole Rat (Tachyoryctes rex) · Ruanda Mole Rat (Tachyoryctes ruandae) · Rudd's Mole Rat (Tachyoryctes ruddi) · Embi Mole Rat (Tachyoryctes spalacinus) · East African Mole Rat (Tachyoryctes splendens) · Storey's African Mole Rat (Tachyoryctes storeyi)