Spalax judaei Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles 2001

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

Type Locality: C Israel, Judean Mtns, Lahav.

Vernacular Names: Judean Mountains Blind Mole Rat.

Distribution: Recorded from Anza, Jerusalem, Lahav, Sede Boqer, Wadi Fara, Jiftlik, Dimona, and Ramat Hovav in Judean highlands of C Israel (see Nevo et al., 2001:19).

Discussion: Member of S. ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel, 2n = 60 (Nevo et al., 2001). See account of S. ehrenbergi .