Eospalax fontanierii

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Fontanier's 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, A. 1867. Observations sur quelques mammifères du nord de la Chine. Annales des sciences naturelles (Zoologie) (5)7:375-377.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29127047

Original name as described

Siphneus Fontanierii

Other common names

Chinese Zokor

Type material

MNHN-ZM-AC-1869-254

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-1869-254

Type locality

Kansu, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

previously included E. baileyi, E. cansus, and E. rufescens

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003778

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 fontanus

(O. Thomas, 1912)

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

fontanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.1.209

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a04eef36-5d5b-4bc3-9303-0aa9e7fcdff4

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18638850

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Siphneus Fontanierii

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

fontanierii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-1869-254

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-1869-254

Authority page

376

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29127047

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Myospalax fontanieri

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

fontanieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

157

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Eospalax fontanieri

Zheng Shaohua, 1994

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

fontanieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

62

Authority publication

National Science Museum Monographs

Name usages

Zheng (1994:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6242)

Eospalax fontanierii

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

fontanierii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14118/115120816) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eospalax fontanierii fontanierii

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

fontanierii

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)

Siphneus Fontanieri

(A. David, 1871)

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

fontanieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13954607

Authority publication

Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

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