Myospalax myospalax (Laxmann, 1773) . Kongl. Svenska. Vet.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm, 34:134.

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

DISTRIBUTION: Russia and Kazakhstan (entire N region of Cisaltai plain and foothills as well as the W and C Altai).

SYNONYMS: incertus, komurai, laxmanni, tarbagataicus.

COMMENTS: Member of monophyletic myospalax species-group, which includes living M. epsilanus, M. aspalax, and the Pliocene and Pleistocene M. youngi and M. pseudarmandi (Lawrence, 1991) .