Balkan Blind Mole Rat vs araticum-cortiça

Spalax graecus compared with Annona glabra

Key Differences

• Balkan Blind Mole Rat is Vulnerable while araticum-cortiça is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Balkan Blind Mole Rat	araticum-cortiça
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Spalacidae	Annonaceae
Genus	Spalax	Annona
Species	Spalax graecus	Annona glabra

Conservation Status

Balkan Blind Mole Rat

VU — Vulnerable

araticum-cortiça

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Balkan Blind Mole Rat	araticum-cortiça
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Balkan Blind Mole Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ukraine. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

araticum-cortiça

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (6 countries), North America (Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Balkan Blind Mole Rat

The Balkan Blind Mole Rat (Spalax graecus) is a species in the genus Spalax. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.