Sandy mole rat

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Sandy mole rat

Spalax arenarius on a Ukrainian coin issued in 2005
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Spalacidae
Genus:	Spalax
Species:	S. arenarius
Binomial name
*Spalax arenarius* Reshetnik, 1939

The sandy mole rat (Spalax arenarius) is a species of rodents in the Spalacidae family endemic to Ukraine.

References

Baillie, J. 1996. Spalax arenarius. 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.

Extant species of family Spalacidae

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)

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

Cannomys (Bamboo rats)	Lesser Bamboo Rat (Cannomys badius)

Tachyoryctes (Mole rats)	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)

Spalacinae
(Blind mole rats)

Spalax

Category

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