Sandy blind mole-rat

Weight

470 g – 520 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

2 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

2.76src for Young per litter or clutch

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The sandy blind mole-rat is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderRodentia
5. familySpalacidae
6. genusSpalax
7. SpeciesSpalax arenarius Reshetnik, 1939

Synonyms Spalax microphthalmus arenarius

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Lesser blind mole-rat

Spalax leucodon

Spalacidae

LC, Least Concern

Greater blind mole-rat

Spalax microphthalmus

Spalacidae

LC, Least Concern

Middle east blind mole-rat

Spalax ehrenbergi

Spalacidae

LC, Least Concern

Giant blind mole-rat

Spalax giganteus

Spalacidae

VU, Vulnerable

B

Bukovina blind mole-rat

Spalax graecus

SpalacidaeNo free photo yet

EN, Endangered

Podolsk blind mole-rat

Spalax zemni

Spalacidae

CompareSandy blind mole-rat vs Lesser blind mole-ratSandy blind mole-rat vs Greater blind mole-ratSandy blind mole-rat vs Middle east blind mole-ratSandy blind mole-rat vs Giant blind mole-rat

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@misc{sandy_blind_mole_rat_2026,
  title = {Sandy blind mole-rat (Spalax arenarius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sandy-blind-mole-rat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}