Nannospalax leucodon - #3505
Lesser Blind Mole Rat
Formerly Spalax leucodon.
Geographic Distribution
From E and S Hungary through Balkan region, Greece (including Samothraki Isl off coast of SE Thracian Greece), Romania, and Bulgaria to NW Turkey, to SW Ukraine just east of Dnestr River in Odessa region.
Order/Family
Spalacidae
Genus
Nannospalax
Specific Epithet
leucodon
Image Location
Hungary, Hajdú-Bihar county, Hortobágy National Park
Image Date
24 July 2010
Photographer
J Hall