Sandy mole-rat
| Sandy mole-rat | |
|---|---|
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| Spalax arenarius on a Ukrainian coin issued in 2005 | |
| Conservation status | |
| 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.