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SPECIES Spalax zemni
Author: | Erxleben, 1777. | Citation: | Syst. Regni Anim., 1: 370-371. | Common Name: | Podolsk Blind Mole Rat | Type Locality: | Ukraine, Ternopolsk region (see Topachevskii, 1969). | Distribution: | SE Poland east into Ukraine between Dnestr and Dnepr Rivers and south to margin of Black Sea (see Savič, 1982c; Topachevskii, 1969; Vorontsov et al., 1977b). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Included in S. microphthalmus by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and Corbet (1978c), but monographed as a distinct species (as S. polonicus) by Topachevskii (1969) and subsequently listed or reviewed as such (Corbet, 1984; Gromov and Erbajeva, 1995; Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987, 1998; Pavlinov et al., 1995a; Savič, 1982c). This species is often referenced as S. polonicus because Topachevskii (1969) characterized zemni as a nomen nudem, but the name is properly available (Ellerman, 1949b) and is the earliest that can be applied (Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987; Zagorodnyuk, 1992b). The synonyms are documented by Zagorodnyuk (1992b). Chromosomal traits (2n = 62, FN = 124) summarized in Nevo et al. (2001, as S. podolicus). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
diluvii Nordmann, 1858 podolicus Trouessart, 1897 polonicus Méhely, 1909
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