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Spalax
Sign in to saveSpalax is a genus of rodent in the family Spalacidae, subfamily Spalacinae (blind mole-rats). It is one of two extant genera in the subfamily Spalacinae, alongside Nannospalax.
Species
Greater Blind Molerat
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilySpalacidae
Nannospalax est un genre de la famille des Spalacidés. Ce sont les rats taupes méditerranéens.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 48
- Family
- Spalacidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, CUMV, UMZC, FMNH, WNMU, KU
- Recorded in
- Israel, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq
Research
284 papers- Aging without inflammaging: lesson from Spalax.Aging · 2020
- Cancer-free aging: Insights from Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies.Ageing research reviews · 2018
- Splice Variant of Spalax Heparanase Skipping Exon 12.Genes · 2024
- Senescent Secretome of Blind Mole Rat Spalax Inhibits Malignant Behavior of Human Breast Cancer Cells Triggering Bystander Senescence and Targeting Inflammatory Response.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
- Visual system of a naturally microphthalmic mammal: the blind mole rat, Spalax ehrenbergi.The Journal of comparative neurology · 1993
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Spalacinae
- Image
- Філія ЛПЗ НАНУ "Стрільцівський степ" Spalax microphthalmus.jpg
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- Spalax
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Spalax
- taxon name
- Spalax
- gestation period
- 28
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Encyclopedic overview
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Spalax is a genus of rodent in the family Spalacidae, subfamily Spalacinae (blind mole-rats). It is one of two extant genera in the subfamily Spalacinae, alongside Nannospalax.
Species in this genus are found in Eastern Europe and Western & Central Asia. They are completely blind and have a subterranean lifestyle.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spalax” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.