Giant Blind Mole Rat vs winged prickly-ash

Spalax giganteus compared with Zanthoxylum armatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Giant Blind Mole Rat	winged prickly-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Spalacidae	Rutaceae
Genus	Spalax	Zanthoxylum
Species	Spalax giganteus	Zanthoxylum armatum

Conservation Status

Giant Blind Mole Rat

LC — Least Concern

winged prickly-ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Giant Blind Mole Rat	winged prickly-ash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Giant Blind Mole Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

winged prickly-ash

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Italy and Taiwan.