Spalax giganteus — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Spalacidae/Spalax

At a glance

Occurrence records8

Data sources5

Biological traits6

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Spalax giganteus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility8 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources6 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF8 records

01Narrative

The giant blind mole-rat (Spalax giganteus) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae endemic to the North Caucasus region of Russia. It feeds on roots and tubers and lives underground in a burrow that it digs with its teeth.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesEltonTraitsPanTHERIAAmnioteDB

Size & morphology2

Body mass302 g

SVL35 cm

Diet & foraging1

Plant other100 %

Habitat & environment1

Terrestriality-999.00

Other traits2

Activity cycle-999.00

Foraging stratumG

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type8 records

Wild obs. + sensor2

Museum / vouchered4

Other2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO28 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 2

2 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor2

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 2>10 km 1

3 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence4

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Cambridge, US	2
Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State Universitylocation not on record	1
Berkeley, US	1

3 institutions · 4 of 4 vouchered records shown