Judean Mountains blind mole-rat
The Judean Mountains blind mole-rat (Spalax judaei) is an extant species of subterranean rodent within the family Spalacidae, indigenous to central Israel.
| Judean Mountains blind mole-rat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Spalacidae |
| Genus: | Spalax |
| Species: | S. judaei |
| Binomial name | |
| Spalax judaei | |
Following the identification of S. judaei in 2001, Nevo et al. recorded specimens in the vicinity surrounding Kibbutz Lahav.[2] This species, along with Spalax golani and, by a different mechanism, Heterocephalus glaber, appears to be immune to cancer.[3]
References
- Nevo, Eviatar; Ivanitskaya, Elena; Beiles, Avigdor (2001). Adaptive radiation of blind subterranean mole rats: Naming and revisiting the four sibling species of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers. ISBN 9789057820861.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 920. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Cormier, Zoe (November 5, 2012). "Blind mole rats may hold key to cancer". Nature. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
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