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Middle East Blind Mole Rat or Palestine Mole Rat ( Spalax ehrenbergi or Nannospalax ehrenbergi ) is a species of rodent in the Spalacidae family.1It is found in Egypt , Iraq , Israel , the Palestinian territories, Jordan , Lebanon , Libya , Syria and Turkey . Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubbish vegetation, and it is threatened by habitat loss . Recent cytogenetic studies have shown that S. ehrenbergi may actually be a species group containing several cryptic species with chromosome numbers 2n=48, 2n=52, 2n=54, 2n=56 and 2n=58. Soil mounds of the Palestine Mole Rat in a field in Pardes Hanna-Karkur , israel Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nannospalax ehrenbergi . Sözen,M et al., Some karyological records and a new chromosomal form for Spalax (Mammalia: Rodentia) in Turkey.2
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The Middle East blind mole-rat or Palestine mole-rat ( Spalax ehrenbergi ) (also known as Nannospalax ehrenbergi ) is a species of rodent in the Spalacidae family.
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Species of mammal The Middle East blind mole-rat or Israel/Palestine mole-rat ( Spalax ehrenbergi ) (also known as Nannospalax ehrenbergi ) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae .
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Species of mammal The Middle East blind mole-rat or Palestine mole-rat ( Nannospalax ehrenbergi ) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae .(2017) [amended version of 2008 assessment].
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Species of mammal The Middle East blind mole-rat ( Nannospalax ehrenbergi ), also known as the Palestine mole-rat or Ehrenberg's mole-rat , is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae .
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species of rodent in the spalacidae family
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species of rodent in the family spalacidae
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