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.

Original 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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