Genus Spalax (Noun)
Meaning
Type genus of the Spalacidae.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The genus Spalax is the type genus of the Spalacidae family, comprising several species of blind mole rats.
- Spalax is a genus of rodents in the family Spalacidae, commonly known as blind mole rats or spalacids.
- The genus Spalax was first described by Guldenstaedt in 1770, and it is still considered the type genus of the Spalacidae family.
- Genus Spalax includes several species of burrowing rodents found in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
- Spalacidae family, whose type genus Spalax is, consists solely of blind mole rats and root voles.