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SPECIES Spalax galili

Author:Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles, 2001.
Citation:Adaptive Radiation of Blind Subterranean Mole Rats: 23.
Common Name:Upper Galilee Mountains Blind Mole Rat
Type Locality:Extreme N Israel, Upper Galilee Mtns, Kerem Ben Zimra.
Distribution:Known from Ma’alot, Kerem Ben Zimra, and Qiryat Shemona in Upper Galilee Mtns near border with Lebanon (see Nevo et al., 2001:19).
Comments:Member of S. ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel, 2n = 52 (Nevo et al., 2001). See account of S. ehrenbergi.
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