Myospalax aspalax
(Pallas, 1776)
Steppe Zokor
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Rodentia |
Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
Superfamily | : Muroidea |
Family | : Spalacidae |
Subfamily | : Myospalacinae |
Genus | : Myospalax |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Pallas, P.S. 1776. Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs. Volume 3. Kayserlichen Academie der Wissenschaften, Saint Petersburg, 760pp.
Authority publication link
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k973350/f715.itemOriginal name as described
Mus aspalax
Other common names
False Zokor
Type locality
Dauuria, Transbaikalia, Russia.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Mongolia · Russia · China?
Taxonomy notes
previously included M. armandii
Taxonomy notes citation
Tsvirka, M. V., Pavlenko, M. V., & Korablev, V. P. (2011). Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships in the zokor subfamily myospalacinae (Rodentia, Muridae) inferred from RAPD-PCR. Russian journal of genetics, 47(2), 205-215.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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