Spalax uralensis Tiflov and Usov 1939

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 : 922

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Spalax uralensis Tiflov and Usov 1939 , Vestn. Microbiol. Epidemiol. And Parasitol., 17: 141.

Type Locality: W Kazakhstan, Chingerlauz region (see Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987:164).

Vernacular Names: Kazakhstan Blind Mole Rat.

Distribution: Steppes in W Kazakhstan between the Ural and Emba Rivers ( Puzachenko, 1993).

Discussion: An allopatric, morphologically close relative of S. giganteus , in which it was once synonymized ( Gromov and Erbajeva, 1995; Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987; Topachevskii, 1969; Vorontsov et al., 1977 b) until shown to be a separate entity by Puzachenko’s (1993) morphometric analyses. Distribution as summarized by other researchers includes S. giganteus from steppes west of the Caspian Sea ( Gromov and Erbajeva, 1995; Topachevskii, 1969; Vorontsov et al., 1977 b).