Family

Spalacids

Spalacidae

1 species in our catalog · found in 1 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassMammalia (Mammals)
OrderRodentia (Rodents)
FamilySpalacidae (Spalacids)

Species in this group

EN Endemic

Tachyoryctes macrocephalus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~60%

Jan

~80%

Feb

~60%

Mar

~70%

Apr

~70%

May

~30%

Jun

~80%

Jul

—Aug

—Sep

~80%

Oct

~60%

Nov

~80%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Spalacids

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Shaded: the known ranges of its 13 species, darker where more of them overlap (Mammal Diversity Database, Marsh et al. 2022). Our parks

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Bale Mountains National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1 of 1	~70%
	Big-headed Mole-rat			~70%

Spalacids

Species in this group

Big-headed Mole-rat

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Spalacids

Parks Ranked