Home › Entities › taxon › Lesser mole rat

Lesser mole rat

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q548962
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Lesser mole rat

Summary

Lesser mole rat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (327 views/month, #1,565 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lesser mole rat's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Lesser mole rat is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Lesser mole rat is classified within Spalax[5].
  • Lesser mole rat's scientific name is Spalax leucodon[6].
  • Lesser mole rat's Commons category is recorded as Spalax leucodon[7].
  • Lesser mole rat's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'S. leucodon'}[8].
  • Lesser mole rat is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Rata-topo Occidental'}[9].
  • Lesser mole rat is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Spalax Occidental'}[10].
  • Lesser mole rat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Lesser Blind Mole Rat'}[11].
  • Lesser mole rat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Lesser Mole Rat'}[12].
  • Lesser mole rat is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kleine Blindmaus'}[13].
  • Lesser mole rat is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kleine Ukrainische Blindmaus'}[14].
  • Lesser mole rat is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Westelijke blindmuis'}[15].
  • Lesser mole rat's protonym of is recorded as Nannospalax leucodon[16].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Lesser mole rat is Spalax leucodon[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Spalax[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Rata-topo Occidental'}[9], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Spalax Occidental'}[10], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Lesser Blind Mole Rat'}[11], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Lesser Mole Rat'}[12], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kleine Blindmaus'}[13], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kleine Ukrainische Blindmaus'}[14].

Identifiers

Lesser mole rat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 75090[17]. Lesser mole rat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1179796[18]. Lesser mole rat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4264696[19]. Lesser mole rat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 970564[20].

Why It Matters

Lesser mole rat ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (327 views/month, #1,565 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [20] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Lesser mole rat. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/lesser-mole-rat
MLA “Lesser mole rat.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/lesser-mole-rat.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lesser-mole-rat_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Lesser mole rat}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lesser-mole-rat}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Lesser mole rat — https://4ort.xyz/entity/lesser-mole-rat (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/lesser-mole-rat · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20d ago · TadejM · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Spalax
    Taxon rank → species
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Rata-topo Occidental'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Spalax Occidental'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Lesser Blind Mole Rat'} +4
    Protonym of → Nannospalax leucodon
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1843]]: zahodno slepo kuže"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.