Spalax golani Nevo, Ivanitskaya, and Beiles 2001

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

Type Locality: NE Israel, Golan Heights, Quneitra.

Vernacular Names: Golan Heights Blind Mole Rat.

Distribution: NE Israel, recorded from Mt Hermon, Quneitra, and El-Al on the Golan Heights (see Nevo et al., 2001:19).

Discussion: Member of S. ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel, 2n = 54 (Nevo et al., 2001). See account of S. ehrenbergi .