SPALACIDAE, Gray, 1821
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6609100 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6608830 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AE87DD-FF9C-BD10-FE35-FDCCFA64FAD1 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
SPALACIDAE |
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Family SPALACIDAE View in CoL
(MUROID MOLE-RATS)
• Small to medium-sized rodents with adaptations for subterranean life such as cylindrical bodies, enlarged incisors, and reduced tails, eyes, and ear pinnae.
• 13-70 cm. View Figure
• Palearctic, Afrotropical, and Indo-Malayan regions. View Figure
• Steppes, grasslands, meadows, forests, bamboo thickets, and farmlands.
• 7 genera, 28 species, 4H taxa.
• 2 species Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.
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