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<emphasis id="B973EAD9FF95BD19F860F40CF6BCF44F" box="[2023,2343,2995,3045]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="138">Spalax arenarius</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B973EAD9FF95BD19FA36F449FA67F3A1" bold="true" box="[1457,1532,3062,3083]" pageId="9" pageNumber="138">French:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="050446E5FF95BD19F982F449F92DF3A1" box="[1541,1718,3062,3083]" pageId="9" pageNumber="138">Spalax des sables</vernacularName>
/
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/
<emphasis id="B973EAD9FF95BD19F85BF449F7A3F3A1" bold="true" box="[2012,2104,3062,3083]" pageId="9" pageNumber="138">Spanish:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="050446E5FF95BD19F7C5F449F6E1F3A1" box="[2114,2426,3062,3083]" pageId="9" pageNumber="138">Rata topo ciega de los arenales</vernacularName>
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<emphasis id="B973EAD9FF95BD19FA37F3A2F93CF398" bold="true" box="[1456,1703,3101,3122]" pageId="9" pageNumber="138">Other common names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="050446E5FF95BD19F937F3A2F8DCF398" box="[1712,1863,3101,3122]" pageId="9" pageNumber="138">Sandy Mole-rat</vernacularName>
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<emphasis id="B973EAD9FF95BD19FA37F3DFF9D0F32B" bold="true" box="[1456,1611,3168,3201]" pageId="9" pageNumber="138">Taxonomy.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C074D48FF95BD19F9DDF3DFF7BAF32B" ID-CoL="4YDYM" authority="Reshetnik, 1939" authorityName="Reshetnik" authorityYear="1939" box="[1626,2081,3168,3201]" class="Mammalia" family="Spalacidae" genus="Spalax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="138" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arenarius">Spalax arenarius Reshetnik, 1939</taxonomicName>
,
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<materialsCitation id="3B6F3C96FF95BD19F7B3F3DFF8B8F302" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3802165323" country="Ukraine" location="Golaya Pristan" pageId="9" pageNumber="138" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Nikolaev Region">
NW shore of Black Sea,
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<taxonomicName id="4C074D48FF95BD19FA35F310F916F37A" authorityName="Reshetnik" authorityYear="1939" box="[1458,1677,3247,3280]" class="Mammalia" family="Spalacidae" genus="Spalax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="138" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arenarius">Spalax arenarius</taxonomicName>
is the sister species to S.
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, and it has been treated as a subspecies or synonym of S.
<taxonomicName id="4C074D48FF95BD19F96EF369F8A8F35D" baseAuthorityName="Erxleben" baseAuthorityYear="1777" box="[1769,1843,3286,3319]" class="Mammalia" family="Spalacidae" genus="Spalax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="9" pageNumber="138" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zemni">zemni</taxonomicName>
, S.
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, and S.
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in the past. Its species status is supported by morphological features and is broadly accepted in recent texts. Monotypic.
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<emphasis id="B973EAD9FF95BD19FA36F2EEF9FBF2C4" bold="true" box="[1457,1632,3409,3438]" pageId="9" pageNumber="138">Distribution.</emphasis>
E bank of the Dniepr River near its opening into the Black Sea (S Ukraine).
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<emphasis id="B973EAD9FF96BD1AFD48FE99FC7CFEED" bold="true" box="[719,999,294,327]" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Descriptive notes.</emphasis>
Head-body 190-275 mm, no visible external tail; weight 380-660 g. Male Sandy Blind Mole-rats are larger than females. They are large pale straw-yellow-gray. Front of head is lighter grayish white, and venter is pale mouse gray. Fringe of pale yellow-gray hair extends from nose to ears. Diploid number is 2n = 62.
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<emphasis id="B973EAD9FF96BD1AFD48FD36FCA4FD00" bold="true" box="[719,831,649,682]" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Habitat.</emphasis>
Sparsely vegetated absinth (Ar temisia,
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)grass and absinthspurge (
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) steppes. The Sandy Blind Mole-rat is found in light, moderately wet, sandy soils with a low water table and is never found in moving sands, dry feather-grass steppe, or alkali soils.
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<emphasis id="B973EAD9FF96BD1AFFECFCF1FEECFCC5" bold="true" box="[107,375,846,879]" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Food and Feeding.</emphasis>
Sandy Blind Mole-rats feed on a variety of plants including field eryngo (
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campestre,
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), wormwood (
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campestris,
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), and goatsbeard (7
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ucrainicus,
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). Accumulated winter stores weigh 10-15 kg.
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<emphasis id="B973EAD9FF96BD1AFFECFC53FF6AFBA7" bold="true" box="[107,241,1004,1037]" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Breeding.</emphasis>
Breeding of the Sandy Blind Mole-rat occurs once a year in March. Young are born in April-May, and lactation lasts c.1 month.
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<emphasis id="B973EAD9FF96BD1AFFEEFB80FECEFBF6" bold="true" box="[105,341,1087,1116]" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Activity patterns.</emphasis>
No information.
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<subSubSection id="C31D6540FF96BD1AFFECFBDDFEFEFADA" pageId="10" pageNumber="139" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="8BB836CBFF96BD1AFFECFBDDFEFEFADA" blockId="10.[105,1312,728,1707]" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">
<emphasis id="B973EAD9FF96BD1AFFECFBDDFCA8FB29" bold="true" box="[107,819,1122,1155]" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Movements, Home range and Social organization.</emphasis>
Sandy Blind Mole-rats are solitary and aggressive toward conspecifics. Feeding tunnels can be 200 m long and occur at depths of 40-50 cm. Individual home ranges are more than 80 m?. Vertical shafts connect to chambers atjust over 1 m deep. Mounds are 35-93 cm in diameter and 20-45 cm in height. The Sandy Blind Mole-rat occurs at densities of 5 ind/ha in optimal habitat and 0-9-1-2 ind/ha elsewhere. Predators include foxes, mustelids, domestic dogs, and raptors.
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<subSubSection id="C31D6540FF96BD1AFFEBFAC9FA87F9F7" pageId="10" pageNumber="139" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="8BB836CBFF96BD1AFFEBFAC9FA87F9F7" blockId="10.[105,1312,728,1707]" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">
<emphasis id="B973EAD9FF96BD1AFFEBFAC9FE52FA3D" bold="true" box="[108,457,1398,1431]" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Status and Conservation.</emphasis>
Classified as Endangered on The IUCN Red List. The Sandy Blind Mole-rat is protected in the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, but it faces conservation threats and is declining outside ofthis area. Its extent of occurrence is ¢.2000 km? and its area of occupancy is ¢.55 km?®. It is threatened by afforestation activities that are intended to stabilize the landscape and to support commercial forestry. Total population is estimated at 15,000-20,000 individuals, which are known from fewer than five localities.
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<emphasis id="B973EAD9FF96BD1AFFEBF9D4FE9EF92E" bold="true" box="[108,261,1643,1668]" pageId="10" pageNumber="139">Bibliography.</emphasis>
Gromov &amp; Erbajeva (1995), Hadid et al. (2012), Musser &amp; Carleton (2005), Németh et al. (2013), Ognev (1947), Puzachenko (2016h), Topachevskii (1969), Tsytsulina &amp; Zagorodnyuk (2008).
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