Eospalax cansus

(Lyon, 1907)

Gansu 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

Lyon, M.W., Jr. 1907-07-09. Notes on a small collection of mammals from the Province of Kan-su, China. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 50(4):133-138.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30049020

Original name as described

Myotalpa cansus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:144022

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f94afe2c-ae6e-466e-af72-3671f489969f

Type locality

"Taocheo [= Chaozhou], Kan-su, northwestern 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/1003777

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.

Myotalpa cansus

(Lyon, 1907)

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

cansus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:144022

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f94afe2c-ae6e-466e-af72-3671f489969f

Authority page

134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30049020

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Myospalax cansus

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

cansus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252006

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1911:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14044)

Myospalax cansus shenseius

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

shenseius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.1.216

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252031

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1911:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14044)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Eospalax cansus

Zheng Shaohua, 1994

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

cansus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

62

Authority publication

National Science Museum Monographs

Name usages

  1. Zheng (1994:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6242)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Eospalax fontanierii cansus

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

cansus

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)

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