Spalax carmeli Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles 2001

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Spalacidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 907-926 : 917

Spalax carmeli Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles 2001

Spalax carmeli Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles 2001 , Adaptive Radiation of Blind Subterranean Mole Rats: 23.

Type Locality: N Israel, Mt Carmel, Muhraka.

Vernacular Names: Mt Carmel Blind Mole Rat.

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).

Discussion: Member of the S. ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel with 2n = 58 ( Nevo et al., 2001). See account of S. ehrenbergi .