Subfamily Spalacinae Thomas 1896 (blind mole)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Parent taxon: Muridae according to H. de Bruijn 2017

See also de Bruijn et al. 1970, de Bruijn et al. 2006, Steppan et al. 2004 and Vasileiadou and Koufos 2005

Sister taxa: Aethomys, Afrocricetodontinae, Allorattus, Anthracomys, Apodemus, Arvicanthis, Bolomys, Castillomys, Castorina, Castromys, Centralomys, Chiropodomys, Colomys, Dasymys, Deomyinae, Echymina, Extrarius, Gerbillinae, Gerbua, Grammomys, Hapalomys, Huaxiamys, Huerzelerimys, Hydromina, Hyomys, Karnimata, Kritimys, Lemniscomys, Mastacomys, Mastomys, Micromys, Mikrotia, Murina, Murinae, Myocricetodontinae, Myotomys, Mysops, Nesokia, Occitanomys, Orientalomys, Papagomys, Paraethomys, Parapelomys, Parapodemus, Parotomys, Pelomys, Praomys, Proceromys, Progonomys, Rhabdomys, Rhagamys, Rhagapodemus, Rhagomys, Saccostomus, Saidomys, Steatomys, Stephanomys, Tachyoryctoidinae, Thallomys, Thamnomys, Valerimys, Zelotomys

Subtaxa: Debruijnia Pliospalax Spalax Vetusspalax

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (7 collections), Hungary (11), Israel (6), Romania (10), Turkey (2), Ukraine (3)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Hungary (1)

• Pliocene of Greece (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)

• MN 13 of Greece (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (2)

• Miocene of China (1), Greece (5), Turkey (3)

• Oligocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1)

• Eocene of Serbia and Montenegro (1)

Total: 60 collections including 61 occurrences

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