TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bugarski-Stanojević, Vanja
AU  - Đokić, Marko
AU  - Stamenković, Gorana
AU  - Barišić Klisarić, Nataša
AU  - Stojković, Oliver
AU  - Jojić, Vida
AU  - Savić, Ivo
PY  - 2024
UR  - http://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6587
AB  - Blind mole rats (genus Nannospalax) attract a great deal of attention because of their cancer resistance and longevity. Due to the high rate of chromosome rearrangements, 74 Nannospalax chromosomal forms have been discovered. The convergence of their external morphology complicates their taxonomy, and many cryptic species remain unrecognized. Thus, the European N. leucodon supersp. is listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species with “Data Deficient” status. It is crucial for the conservation of biodiversity to clarify its taxonomy, to recognize each cryptic species, and assign to them the correct conservation status. Of the more than 20 chromosomal forms described within N. leucodon, five cryptic species occur in Serbia. The most threatened among them—N. l. syrmiensis, described and named 50 years ago in the regions of Srem, Belgrade and Mačva—has been declared extinct in the literature, which may have negative consequences for the conservation of wildlife genetic diversity. Through five years of fieldwork and comparison of 16SrRNA and MT-CYTB gene segments between old, archived teeth and recently collected material, we show that N. l. syrmiensis is not extinct. However, its habitat has been fragmented and reduced, owing primarily to anthropogenic impact. Therefore, detailed surveillance, population-structure studies, risk assessment, and appropriate conservation measures are needed.
PB  - Basel: MDPI
T2  - Animals
T1  - A Cryptic Subterranean Mammal Species, the Lesser Blind Mole Rat (Nannospalax leucodon syrmiensis)—Retreated but Not Extinct
IS  - 5
VL  - 14
DO  - 10.3390/ani14050774
SP  - 774
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Bugarski-Stanojević, Vanja and Đokić, Marko and Stamenković, Gorana and Barišić Klisarić, Nataša and Stojković, Oliver and Jojić, Vida and Savić, Ivo",
year = "2024",
abstract = "Blind mole rats (genus Nannospalax) attract a great deal of attention because of their cancer resistance and longevity. Due to the high rate of chromosome rearrangements, 74 Nannospalax chromosomal forms have been discovered. The convergence of their external morphology complicates their taxonomy, and many cryptic species remain unrecognized. Thus, the European N. leucodon supersp. is listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species with “Data Deficient” status. It is crucial for the conservation of biodiversity to clarify its taxonomy, to recognize each cryptic species, and assign to them the correct conservation status. Of the more than 20 chromosomal forms described within N. leucodon, five cryptic species occur in Serbia. The most threatened among them—N. l. syrmiensis, described and named 50 years ago in the regions of Srem, Belgrade and Mačva—has been declared extinct in the literature, which may have negative consequences for the conservation of wildlife genetic diversity. Through five years of fieldwork and comparison of 16SrRNA and MT-CYTB gene segments between old, archived teeth and recently collected material, we show that N. l. syrmiensis is not extinct. However, its habitat has been fragmented and reduced, owing primarily to anthropogenic impact. Therefore, detailed surveillance, population-structure studies, risk assessment, and appropriate conservation measures are needed.",
publisher = "Basel: MDPI",
journal = "Animals",
title = "A Cryptic Subterranean Mammal Species, the Lesser Blind Mole Rat (Nannospalax leucodon syrmiensis)—Retreated but Not Extinct",
number = "5",
volume = "14",
doi = "10.3390/ani14050774",
pages = "774"
}

Bugarski-Stanojević, V., Đokić, M., Stamenković, G., Barišić Klisarić, N., Stojković, O., Jojić, V.,& Savić, I.. (2024). A Cryptic Subterranean Mammal Species, the Lesser Blind Mole Rat (Nannospalax leucodon syrmiensis)—Retreated but Not Extinct. in Animals
Basel: MDPI., 14(5), 774.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14050774

Bugarski-Stanojević V, Đokić M, Stamenković G, Barišić Klisarić N, Stojković O, Jojić V, Savić I. A Cryptic Subterranean Mammal Species, the Lesser Blind Mole Rat (Nannospalax leucodon syrmiensis)—Retreated but Not Extinct. in Animals. 2024;14(5):774.
doi:10.3390/ani14050774 .

Bugarski-Stanojević, Vanja, Đokić, Marko, Stamenković, Gorana, Barišić Klisarić, Nataša, Stojković, Oliver, Jojić, Vida, Savić, Ivo, "A Cryptic Subterranean Mammal Species, the Lesser Blind Mole Rat (Nannospalax leucodon syrmiensis)—Retreated but Not Extinct" in Animals, 14, no. 5 (2024):774,
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14050774 . .