Myospalax myospalax

(Laxmann, 1773)

Altai Zokor

Oblique view of captive. Also as Siberian Zokor.
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Location:Russia, NovosibirskDate taken:Jan 1, 1967

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 555

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Spalacidae
Subfamily : Myospalacinae
Tribe : Myospalacini
Genus : Myospalax

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Laxmann, E.G. 1773. Beskrifning på Djuret MUS Myospalax, palmis maximis, cauda brevi, oculis admodum parvis. Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar (1)34:134-139.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46782234

Original name as described

Mus Myospalax

Other common names

Siberian Zokor

Type material

ZIN 66657

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

near Paniusheva on Alei River, 100 km SE of Barnaul, Sommaren, Altai Krai, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Kazakhstan · Russia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003785

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.

Total: 14 names and synonyms.

Myospalax laxmanni

Beckmann, 1769

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

laxmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

77

Authority publication

book

Mus Myospalax

(Laxmann, 1773)

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

myospalax

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN 66657

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46782234

Authority publication

Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar

Spalax myospalax

(Treviranus, 1803)

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

myospalax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028205

Authority publication

Göttingen

Name usages

Treviranus (1803:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)

Myospalax laxmanni

J. F. von Brandt, 1855

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

laxmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

332

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29014624

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Myospalax laxmanni

Cherskiy, 1873

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

laxmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

431, 442

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34407364 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34407375

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou

Name usages

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

Myotalpa myospalax

(J. A. Allen, 1895)

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

myospalax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

184

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894320

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1895:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15949)

Myospalax komurai

Mori, 1927

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

komurai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

108

Authority publication

Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses

Name usages

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

Myospalax myospalax incertus

Ognev, 1936

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

incertus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-38626

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-38626

Authority page

82

Authority publication

Сборник научно-исследовательского института зоологии Московского государственного института

Name usages

  1. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:652, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Myospalax myospalax tarbagataicus

Ognev, 1936

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

tarbagataicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

81

Authority publication

Сборник научно-исследовательского института зоологии Московского государственного института

Name usages

  1. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:652, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Myospalax myospalax

G. M. Allen, 1940

Family

Spalacidae

Root name

myospalax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

916

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12460451

Authority publication

Natural History of Central Asia

Name usages

  1. Allen (1940:916, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12460451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5409)
  2. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:651, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722952) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  3. Bibikov & Stogov (1963:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68884)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  7. Musser & Carleton (1993:676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  8. Zheng (1994:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6242)
  9. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  10. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14119/22277335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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