Myospalax psilurus (Milne-Edwards, 1874) . Rech. Hist. Nat. Mammifères, p. 126.

TYPE LOCALITY: China, Chihli, south of Peking .

DISTRIBUTION: Transbaikalia and Ussuri region of Russia to E Mongolia, NE and C China; limits unknown.

SYNONYMS: spilurus .

COMMENTS: The sole member of the psilurus species-group, which is defined, except for rootless hypsodonty, by retention of the greatest number of primitive traits of any species in the genus (Lawrence, 1991).