HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Spalacidae
--> SUBFAMILY Spalacinae
--> GENUS Spalax
SPECIES Spalax carmeli
Author: | Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles, 2001. | Citation: | Adaptive Radiation of Blind Subterranean Mole Rats: 23. | Common Name: | Mt Carmel Blind Mole Rat | Type Locality: | N Israel, Mt Carmel, Muhraka. | Distribution: | Recorded from Kabri, Zippori, Mt Carmel, and Afiq in N Israel south of ranges of S. galili and S. golani (see Nevo et al., 2001:19). | Comments: | Member of the S. ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel with 2n = 58 (Nevo et al., 2001). See account of S. ehrenbergi. |
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