Spalax nehringi Satunin 1898 Spalax nehringi Satunin 1898, Zool. Anz., 21: 314. Type Locality: Armenia, Kasikoporan. Vernacular Names: Nehring's Blind Mole Rat. Synonyms: Spalax anatolicus Méhely 1909; Spalax armeniacus Méhely 1909; Spalax captorum Hinton 1920; Spalax cilicicus Méhely 1909; Spalax corybantium Hinton 1920; Spalax labaumei Matschie 1919; Spalax xanthodon Nordmann 1840. Distribution: Most of Turkey (except Thrace and SE region; also on isls of Gökçeada and Bozcaada; see Kryštufek and Vohralík, 2001), Armenia, and Georgia (see Gromov and Erbajeva, 1995; Topachevskii, 1969; Vorontsov et al., 1977 b). Conservation: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc) as Nannospalax nehringi. Discussion: Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and Corbet (1978 c) listed nehringi as a synonym of S. leucodon, but Topachevskii (1969) treated it as a distinct species (under subgenus Mesospalax, genus Microspalax), a revision followed by Corbet (1984) and other researchers (Kryštufek and Vohralík, 2001; Musser and Carleton, 1993; Pavlinov et al., 1995 a; Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987, 1998). Topachevskii (1969) included turcicus in the synonymy, but Savič (1982 b) placed it in S. leucodon. Analyses of morphometric, chromosomal, and genetic character sets intimate that S. nehringi and its synonyms are geographic variants of S. leucodon (Butler et al., 1993; Nevo et al., 1994 a, b, 1995, 2001; Savič and Nevo, 1990; Sözen et al., 1999; Suzuki et al., 1996 a). Russian portion reviewed by Gromov and Erbajeva (1995). See account of S. leucodon.

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Spalacidae, pp. 907-926 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 907, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535