Golan Heights blind mole-rat

Golan Heights blind mole-rat[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Spalacidae
Genus:	Spalax
Species:	S. golani
Binomial name
	Spalax golani; Nevo, Ivanitskaya & Beiles, 2001

The Golan Heights blind mole-rat (Spalax golani) is a rodent species in the family Spalacidae. It has been found on the Golan Heights (with records from Mount Hermon, Quneitra and Eliad). This species, along with Spalax judaei and, by a different mechanism, Heterocephalus glaber, appears to be immune to cancer.[2]

References

Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Cormier, Zoe (November 5, 2012). "Blind mole rats may hold key to cancer". Nature. Retrieved November 15, 2012.

External links

"Spalax golani". Mammal Species of the World. Bucknell University. Retrieved 2008-04-15.

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[msw3-1] Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[2] Cormier, Zoe (November 5, 2012). "Blind mole rats may hold key to cancer". Nature. Retrieved November 15, 2012.