Spalax galili Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles 2001 , Adaptive Radiation of Blind Subterranean Mole Rats: 23 Order Rodentia - Family Spalacidae Wilson, Don E. Reeder, DeeAnn 4YDYS Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles 2001 Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles 2001 Mammalia Spalacidae Spalax Animalia Rodentia 907 Chordata species galili     Spalax galili Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles 2001, Adaptive Radiation of Blind Subterranean Mole Rats: 23.   Type Locality: Extreme N Israel, Upper Galilee Mtns, Kerem Ben Zimra.   Vernacular Names: Upper Galilee Mountains Blind Mole Rat.   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).   Discussion:Member of  S. ehrenbergisuperspecies in Israel, 2n = 52 ( Nevo et al., 2001). See account of  S. ehrenbergi. 4867323335 Israel 907