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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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Synonyms:

    diluvii Nordmann, 1858
    podolicus Trouessart, 1897
    polonicus Méhely, 1909

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