Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Rodentia > Family: Muridae > Genus: Spalax > Species: Spalax graecus > See subspecies
Scientific name Source
Spalax graecus graecus Nehring, 1898 Fauna Europaea (2005)

Balkan mole rat - Spalax graecus Nehring, 1898

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe Near Threatened (IUCN)
Protected by 2 international agreements
Most preferred habitats
  • agricultural mosaics
  • cropland
  • grassland
May also occur in
  • urban

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
Near Threatened
Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable
Vulnerable
Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient
Endangered
Extinct
Least Concern
Critically Endangered

EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Common names and synonyms

Common Name Language Reference
Balkan mole rat English Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Bukovinai földikutya Hungarian Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Bukowinische Blindmaus German Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Cartofarul-mare Romanian Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Oostelijke blindmol Dutch Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Östlig blindmus Swedish Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rata-topo de Bukovina Spanish Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Romaniansokkohiiri Finnish Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Slepec polní Czech Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Spalace ungherese Italian Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Spalax de Bukovine French Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Østlig blindmus Danish Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Østlig blindmus Norwegian Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name) Catalogue of Life
EoL Encyclopedia of Life
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GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name) Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted) Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia Wikipedia

External data

No external data sets available for this species
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