Spalax
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| Family | Spalacidae |
|---|---|
| Scientific name | Spalax |
| Mass | Greater mole-rat |
| Higher classification | Blind mole-rats |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Order | Rodent |
| Lower classifications | Greater mole-rat |
| Lesser mole-rat | |
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| ID | 2960567 |
About Spalax
The genus Spalax contains the blind, fossorial, or subterranean mole rats, which are one of several types of rodents that are called "mole rats". The hystricognath mole-rats of the family Bathyergidae are completely unrelated, but some other forms are also in the family Spalacidae.