Kazakhstan blind mole-rat

Kazakhstan blind mole-rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (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 has an extent of occurrence of 392,195 km2, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has described 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. Rusin, M.; Gazzard, A. (2025). "Spalax uralensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2025 e.T136581A281170219. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T136581A281170219.en . Retrieved 7 February 2026.
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.