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Myospalax
Laxmann, 1769
- mole-rats
(mammal)
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Myospalacinae (Subfamily) - zokors
..†Prosiphneus (Genus)
..Myospalax (Genus) - mole-rats
....Myospalax fontanierii (Species) - common Chinese zokor
....Myospalax myospalax species-group (Species group)
....Myospalax psilurus species-group (Species group)
....Myospalax rothschildi (Species) - Rothschild's zokor
....Myospalax smithii (Species) - Smith's zokor
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
E. Laxmann, 1769, gen. caelebs
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Laxmann, E. 1769. Sibir. Briefe
: 75.
≡
Description/Diagnosis in Latin
:
op. cit.: 75 ("capite brevi (non rostrato), plantis non calcaneatis").
Subsequent publication
:
Laxmann, 1773: 134.
Attributes
Available genus-group name without included nominal species ([gen. caelebs]) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 12, 67.2.2 (<1931)]
Ref:
S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present.
Syst. Nat. 2000
: 26 Feb 2022.
Types
Type of
:
Myospalacinae
(Subfamily)
Lilljeborg, 1866
Type
:
Myospalax myospalax
(Laxmann, 1773)
Synonyms
Synonymous name (subjective)
:
Myotalpa
(Genus)
R. Kerr, 1792
Synonymous name (subjective)
:
Siphneus
(Genus)
Brants, 1827
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
mollemmingen
:
molhamsters
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
mole-rats
:
zokors
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