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Lesser blind mole-rat

Spalax leucodon Nordmann, 1840

Status not recordedrodents

The lesser blind mole-rat (Spalax leucodon) is a species in the family Spalacidae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh 183.3 g to 188.7 g and live up to 4.5 years.

Lesser blind mole-rat (Spalax leucodon)
Photo: user:Kossuthzs. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the lesser blind mole-rat

Weight
183.3 g – 188.7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
4.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
29.2 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
3.37src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the lesser blind mole-rat

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Lesser blind mole-rat (Spalax leucodon)
Lajos.rozsa · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the lesser blind mole-rat live?

Not recorded

What is the lesser blind mole-rat?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The lesser blind mole-rat (Nannospalax leucodon) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, North Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Turkey, and Ukraine.

From the Wikipedia article “Lesser blind mole-rat” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lesser_blind_mole-rat&oldid=1370738155), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the lesser blind mole-rat endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the lesser blind mole-rat classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familySpalacidae
  6. genusSpalax
  7. SpeciesSpalax leucodon Nordmann, 1840

Synonyms Nannospalax leucodon, Nyctocleptes insularis, Spalax dolbrogeae, Spalax hungaricus, Spalax hungaricus transsylvanicus, Spalax monticola, Spalax monticola hellenicus, Spalax monticola hercegovinensis, Spalax monticola insularis, Spalax monticola serbicus, Spalax monticola syrmiensis, Spalax monticola thermaicus, Spalax monticola turcicus, Spalax typhlus hungaricus, Spalax typhlus leucodon

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Lesser blind mole ratEnglish
  • Lesser blind mole ratEnglish
  • Lesser mole ratEnglish
  • Lesser mole ratEnglish
  • Lesser mole ratEnglish

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Relatives of the lesser blind mole-rat

Other species in the same genus Spalax.

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Common questions

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How big is the lesser blind mole-rat?

An adult lesser blind mole-rat weighs 183.3 g – 188.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the lesser blind mole-rat live?

The lesser blind mole-rat has a recorded lifespan of 4.5 years.

How long is the lesser blind mole-rat pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 29.2 days.

What kind of animal is the lesser blind mole-rat?

The lesser blind mole-rat (Spalax leucodon) belongs to the family Spalacidae in the order Rodentia.

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BibTeX
@misc{lesser_blind_mole_rat_2026,
  title = {Lesser blind mole-rat (Spalax leucodon)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lesser-blind-mole-rat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}