Eospalax baileyi

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Plateau Zokor

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Spalacidae
Subfamily : Myospalacinae
Genus : Eospalax

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1911-12-01. New rodents from Sze-chwan collected by Capt. F. M. Bailey. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)8(48):727-729.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617540

Original name as described

Myospalax baileyi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.10.3.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/66f9b287-0aeb-4f29-860f-d4f692c6fe4f

Type locality

between Nagchuka (or Hokow) and Tatsienlu, Ramasong, W Szechwan, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

split from E. fontanierii

Taxonomy notes citation

Su, J., Ji, W., Wang, J., Gleeson, D. M., Zhou, J., Hua, L., & Wei, Y. (2014). Phylogenetic relationships of extant zokors (Myospalacinae)(Rodentia, Spalacidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Mitochondrial DNA, 25(2), 135-141.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003776

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Myospalax baileyi

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

baileyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.10.3.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/66f9b287-0aeb-4f29-860f-d4f692c6fe4f

Authority page

727

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617540

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Myospalax kukunoriensis

(Lönnberg, 1926)

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

kukunoriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Eospalax fontanierii baileyi

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

baileyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

210

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Eospalax baileyi

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

baileyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

133

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003776) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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