Chorology of Spalax arenarius, an endemic rodent species of the Lower Dnipro Sands and Taurida steppe
Journal: Theriologia Ukrainica
Year: 2023

The article analyses one of the most unique species of mammals in the fauna of Ukraine—the fossorial rodent Spalax arenarius. The sandy mole rat is an endemic of the Ukrainian Black Sea region, one of the two endemic species in the mammal fauna of Ukraine and also a species having the smallest geographic range among representatives of the East European mammal fauna. The specifics of the modern distribution of this species, its morphological features and differences from the neighbouring species,