Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
Subfamily Spalacinae Gray, 1821 - blind mole-rats
Genus Spalax Güldenstaedt, 1770 - Ukrainian blind mole-rats
Spalax arenarius Reshetnik, 1939