Spalacidae

family of mammals

Taxon taxon Q557935

Facts

6 properties

Instance of: taxon
Described by source: Nordisk familjebok, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6^[6]^[7]^[8]
Parent taxon: Muroidea^[3]
Taxon name: Spalacidae^[4]
Taxon rank: family^[2]
Taxonomic type: Spalax^[5]

🏷️ Also known as

en Spalacidae ar خلديات cs slepcovití fi sokkohiiret he חולדיים hu földikutyafélék ja メクラネズミ科 ko 소경쥐과 pl Ślepce pl Ślepcowate pt Myospalacinae pt Rhizomyinae pt Spalacinae ro Spalacidae ro Spalacide ru Слепыш ru Spalacidae ru Слепышовые sv Blindråttor sv Mullvadsråttor

🔖 Identifiers · 26

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ADW taxon ID: Spalacidae
BOLD Systems taxon ID: 73317
Catalogue of Life ID: GF5
EPPO Code: 1SPAXF
Encyclopedia of Life ID: 2921945
Fossilworks taxon ID: 77298
Freebase ID: /m/04mnjf
GBIF taxon ID: 3240686
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: espalacid
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0180905
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: jordgravere

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INaturalist taxon ID: 71384
IRMNG ID: 109984
ITIS TSN: 970144
Interlingual Index ID: i48022
Lex ID: blindmus
MSW ID: 13000007
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2778482540
NCBI taxonomy ID: 337664
Open Tree of Life ID: 148559
Plazi ID: C32887CB-FFDA-BA29-FF3D-FF6FFE1BEB41
Topic's main category: Category:Spalacidae
UMLS CUI: C1640097
Yale LUX ID: concept/f3c06353-3c0f-4410-9fff-6995defc06cd
ZooBank ID for name or act: 010314DD-1D58-4E2F-862B-5DD5E2213F72

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🔗 Connections

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Rhizomyinae, Spalacinae, Myospalacinae

Described by source 1

Nordisk familjebok

Instance of 1

taxon

Parent taxon 1

Muroidea

Taxon rank 1

family

Taxonomic type 1

Spalax

Topic's main category 1

Category:Spalacidae

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Category:Spalacidae

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Summary

Spalacidae is a taxon^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Spalacidae — taxon rank (P105): family. Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved 2015-09-18. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Spalacidae — parent taxon (P171): Muroidea. Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved 2015-09-18. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Spalacidae — taxon name (P225): Spalacidae. Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved 2015-09-18. babel.hathitrust.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Spalacidae — taxonomic type (P427): Spalax. ZooBank. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Spalacidae — described by source (P1343): Nordisk familjebok. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Spalacidae — described by source (P1343): Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890). wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Spalacidae — described by source (P1343): Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Spalacidae is an instance of taxon (Q16521) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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