Kazakhstan blind mole-rat

Kazakhstan blind mole-rat
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Spalacidae
Genus:	Spalax
Species:	S. uralensis
Binomial name
Spalax uralensis Tiflov and Usov, 1939

The Kazakhstan blind mole-rat or Ural blind mole-rat (Spalax uralensis) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is endemic to Kazakhstan, along the Ural River basin and the flood plains of the Uil, Temir, and Emba rivers. ^[2]

Whereas the species inhabits an area approximately 100,000 km2 in size, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) describes S. uralensis as rare and its habitat prone to overgrazing. ^[1] In 1993, Puzachenko's morphometric analysis demonstrated that the species was distinct from the giant blind mole-rat (S. giganteus). ^[2]

References

1. Tsytsulina, K. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Spalax uralensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T136581A115210023. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T136581A22276758.en . Retrieved 8 March 2022.
2. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (2005). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0.