Stumble this page!Greater mole rat
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Spalacinae
Species : Spalax microphthalmus
The Greater mole rat is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the greater mole rat
A young / baby of a greater mole rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A greater mole rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.
Facts about the greater mole rat
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1. Spalax, genus Spalax -- (type genus of the Spalacidae)
Spalax
genus Spalax
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