The sandy blind mole-rat (Spalax arenarius) is an endangered species of rodent in the family Spalacidae.

It is restricted to a very small region of southern Ukraine, on sandy habitats along the lower Dnieper River on the Black Sea coastal plain.

It inhabits moderately wet, sandy soils with low subterranean waters, in steppes dominated by absinth-grass or absinth-spurge, with sparse vegetation otherwise.

It does not inhabit dry feathergrass steppe or moving sands.

The primary threat to this species is habitat conversion by the afforestation of the sandy soils for stabilization and wood production.