Middle East blind mole-rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Middle East blind mole-rat Spalax ehrenbergi Least concern

Where the Middle East blind mole-rat lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild-collected museum specimen (a central record among 51 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Spalax ehrenbergi
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Spalacidae

Where does the Middle East blind mole-rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Middle East blind mole-rat in 4 countries and territories across Africa and Asia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Middle East blind mole-rat endangered?

The Middle East blind mole-rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Middle East blind mole-rat?

The Middle East blind mole-rat (Spalax ehrenbergi) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Spalacidae, genus Spalax. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Middle East blind mole-rat

The Middle East blind mole-rat (Nannospalax ehrenbergi), also known as the Ehrenberg's mole-rat, is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Middle East blind mole-rat (revision 1358955620), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q13422405 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).