Phodopus roborovskii (Satunin, 1903) . Ann. Zool. Mus. St. Petersbourg, 7:571.

TYPE LOCALITY: China, Nan Shan Mtns, upper part of Shargol Dzhin River .

DISTRIBUTION: Tuva (Russia) and E Kazakhstan, W and S Mongolia, adjacent parts of China from Heilongjiang west to N Xinjiang (Ma et al., 1987; Qin, 1991).

SYNONYMS: bedfordiae, praedilectus, przewalskii .

COMMENTS: The status of przewalskii was discussed by Corbet (1978c) and Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987).