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Distribution of Spalax microphthalmus in Luhansk region (Ukraine) according to remote probing of the Earth.

Citation

Vasyliuk O (2022). Distribution of Spalax microphthalmus in Luhansk region (Ukraine) according to remote probing of the Earth.. Version 1.2. Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group (NGO). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xhhy2u accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-21.

Description

The database includes information on the observations of burrows of greater mole-rats (Spalax microphthalmus) in habitats E1.2 and E1.13 within Luhansk region (Ukraine) according to the results of analysis of Google satellite images.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

A study of the spatial location of Spalax microphthalmus burrows in the Luhansk region during field trips from 2007 to 2020 showed that in the steppe habitats of type E1.2 and especially E1.13 Spalax microphthalmus are easily identified in high-precision Google satellite images. Emissions around the burrows, consisting mainly of crystalline chalk, stand out well against the general background of the habitat. The methodology was verified in Svativskyj, Starobilskyj and Novopskovskyj districts of Luhansk region in 2020 with the participation of our colleague Brian Milakovsky.

Sampling

As a result of the analysis of satellite images of the Google Earth service, the information about the distribution of Spalax microphthalmus burrows within the habitats of type E1.2 and E1.13 (the vast majority of the population) was obtained.

Quality Control

The author is fully responsible for the quality of data provided in the dataset.

Method steps

  1. 1. The data set is based on Google satellite images from 2019.
  2. 2. Coordinates were obtained from to the places, where emissions around the burrows, consisting mainly of crystalline chalk, stand out well against the general background of the habitat.

Taxonomic Coverages

The points of reistration of greater mole-rats (Spalax microphthalmus) are shown.
  1. Animalia
    rank: kingdom
  2. Chordata
    rank: phylum
  3. Mammalia
    rank: class
  4. Rodentia
    rank: order
  5. Spalacidae
    rank: family
  6. Spalax
    rank: genus
  7. microphthalmus
    rank: species

Geographic Coverages

The data is collected from the territory of Luhansk region of Ukraine.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Olexiy Vasyliuk
originator
I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine
Vul. B. Khmelnytskogo, 15
Kyiv
01030
UA
email: vasyliuk@gmail.com
Olexiy Vasyliuk
metadata author
I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine
Vul. B. Khmelnytskogo, 15
Kyiv
01030
UA
email: vasyliuk@gmail.com
Oleksii Marushchak
programmer
position: junior researcher
I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine
Vul. B. Khmelnytskogo, 15
Kyiv
01030
UA
Telephone: +380964882670
email: ecopelobates@gmail.com
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9380-5593
Olexiy Vasyliuk
administrative point of contact
position: junior researcher
I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NAS of Ukraine
Vul. B. Khmelnytskogo, 15
Kyiv
01030
UA
email: vasyliuk@gmail.com
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