- Conservation Status
- Critically Endangered
- Location
- Bardarash; Safeen Mountain; Duhok, Sulaymaniyah and Halabja localities
- Nearest City
- Sulaymaniyah
- Coordinates
- 35.697697, 45.732245
A solitary burrowing rodent highly adapted to life underground. It digs extensive tunnels and feeds mainly on roots, bulbs, tubers and seeds. In the Kurdistan Region it occurs from steppe and foothill habitats to mixed oak and juniper forests.