A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Spalacidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Smith's ZokorEospalax smithii (Thomas, 1911) | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| False ZokorMyospalax aspalax (Pallas, 1776) | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Altai ZokorMyospalax myospalax (Laxmann, 1773) | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| North China ZokorMyospalax psilurus (Milne-Edwards, 1874) | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hoary Bamboo RatRhizomys pruinosus Blyth, 1851 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chinese Bamboo RatRhizomys sinensis Gray, 1831 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indomalayan Bamboo RatRhizomys sumatrensis (Raffles, 1821) | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sandy Blind Mole RatSpalax arenarius Reshetnik, 1939 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mt Carmel Blind Mole RatSpalax carmeli Nevo, Ivanitskaya & Beiles, 2001 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Middle East Blind Mole RatSpalax ehrenbergi Nehring, 1898 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Upper Galilee Mountains Blind Mole RatSpalax galili Nevo, Ivanitskaya & Beiles, 2001 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Giant Blind Mole RatSpalax giganteus Nehring, 1898 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Balkan Blind Mole RatSpalax graecus Nehring, 1898 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Judean Mountains Blind Mole RatSpalax judaei Nevo, Ivanitskaya & Beiles, 2001 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Blind Mole RatSpalax leucodon Nordmann, 1840 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Blind Mole RatSpalax microphthalmus Guldenstaedt, 1770 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nehring's Blind Mole RatSpalax nehringi (Satunin, 1898) | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kazakhstan Blind Mole RatSpalax uralensis Tiflov & Usov, 1939 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Podolsk Blind Mole RatSpalax zemni (Erxleben, 1777) | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ankole African Mole RatTachyoryctes ankoliae Thomas, 1909 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mianzini African Mole RatTachyoryctes annectens (Thomas, 1891) | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Demon African Mole RatTachyoryctes daemon Thomas, 1909 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Big-headed Mole RatTachyoryctes macrocephalus (Rüppell, 1842) | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Naivasha Mole RatTachyoryctes naivashae Thomas, 1909 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| King African Mole RatTachyoryctes rex Heller, 1910 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ruanda Mole RatTachyoryctes ruandae Lönnberg & Gyldenstolpe, 1925 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rudd's African Mole RatTachyoryctes ruddi Thomas, 1909 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Embi African Mole RatTachyoryctes spalacinus Thomas, 1909 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| East African Mole RatTachyoryctes splendens (Rüppell, 1835) | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Storey's African Mole RatTachyoryctes storeyi Thomas, 1909 | SpalacidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.