Myospalax psilurus

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1869)

Manchurian 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

Milne-Edwards, A. 1869. [Livraisons 4-5]. Pp. 67–128 in Milne-Edwards, A. 1868-1872. Études pour servir à l'histoire de la Faune mammalogique de la Chine. Pp. 67–230 in Milne-Edwards, H. and Milne-Edwards, A. 1868-1874. Recherches pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des mammifères. Tome premier – Texte. G. Masson, Paris, 394 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524202

Original name as described

Siphneus psilurus

Other common names

North China Zokor · Transbaikal Zokor

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1868-1335

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1868-1335

Type locality

south of Beijing, Chihli (= Hebei), China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · China

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. epsilanus

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003786

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.

Siphneus psilurus

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1869)

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

psilurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1868-1335

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1868-1335

Authority page

126

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524202

Authority publication

Paris

Myospalax psilurus

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

psilurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

427

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Zheng (1994:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6242)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14120/115121026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Siphneus spilurus

(Trouessart, 1897)

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

spilurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

568

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435112

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

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