Eolagurus przewalskii (Büchner, 1889) . Wiss. Res. Przewalski Cent.-Asien, Reisen, Zool., I:(Säugeth.), p. 127.

TYPE LOCALITY: China, Qinghai (Tsinghai), Tsaidam region, shore of Iche-zaidemin Nor .

DISTRIBUTION: From S Xinjiang and N Xizang in W China, east through Quinghai and N Gansu to S Mongolia and Nei Mongol; limits unknown.

COMMENTS: This very distinctive species was incorrectly united with E. luteus by Corbet (1978c) but treated as separate by Allen (1940), Corbet and Hill (1991), and Gromov and Polyakov (1977).