Nannospalax ehrenbergi - #673

Middle East Blind Mole Rat
Close-up of head, showing incisors and forefeet. Formerly Spalax ehrenbergi.
Geographic Distribution

Middle East: SE Turkey, N Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Jaffa, Israel. North Africa: Mediterranean coastal region from west of Nile Delta in N Egypt to N Libyan Cyrenaica.

Order/Family
Spalacidae
Genus
Nannospalax
Specific Epithet
ehrenbergi
Image Location
Israel, Haifa
Image Date
1981
Photographer
GC Hickman