Allactaga (Orientallactaga) balikunica Hsia and Fang 1964

Allactaga (Orientallactaga) balikunica Hsia and Fang 1964, Acta Zootaxon. Sinica, 6: 16.

Type Locality: China, Xinjiang, Balikun.

Vernacular Names: Balikun Jerboa.

Synonyms: Allactaga (Orientallactaga) nataliae Sokolov 1981 .

Distribution: Mongolia, from Altai Sumon east to Bordzon-Gobi (Sokolov et al., 1981 a), and NE Xinjiang, China (Ma et al., 1987).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Orientallactaga . Closely related to A. bullata, with which it is parapatric in S Mongolia where the two species occur together in a narrow strip several kilometers wide (G. Shenbrot, in litt., 2003). Listed as a subspecies of A. bullata by Wang (2003).