Spalax galili Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles 2001

Spalax galili Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles 2001, Adaptive Radiation of Blind Subterranean Mole Rats: 23.

Type Locality: Extreme N Israel, Upper Galilee Mtns, Kerem Ben Zimra.

Vernacular Names: Upper Galilee Mountains Blind Mole Rat.

Distribution: Known from Ma’alot, Kerem Ben Zimra, and Qiryat Shemona in Upper Galilee Mtns near border with Lebanon (see Nevo et al., 2001:19).

Discussion: Member of S. ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel, 2n = 52 (Nevo et al., 2001). See account of S. ehrenbergi .