Spalax carmeli Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles 2001

Spalax carmeli Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles 2001, Adaptive Radiation of Blind Subterranean Mole Rats: 23.

Type Locality: N Israel, Mt Carmel, Muhraka.

Vernacular Names: Mt Carmel Blind Mole Rat.

Distribution: Recorded from Kabri, Zippori, Mt Carmel, and Afiq in N Israel south of ranges of S. galili and S. golani (see Nevo et al., 2001:19).

Discussion: Member of the S. ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel with 2n = 58 (Nevo et al., 2001). See account of S. ehrenbergi .