Eospalax fontanierii (Milne-Edwards 1867)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Spalacidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 907-926 : 907

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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scientific name

Eospalax fontanierii (Milne-Edwards 1867)
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Eospalax fontanierii (Milne-Edwards 1867) View in CoL

[Eospalax] fontanierii ( Milne-Edwards 1867) View in CoL , Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris), 7: 376.

Type Locality: China, Kansu.

Vernacular Names: Chinese Zokor.

Synonyms: Eospalax baileyi Thomas 1911 ; Eospalax cansus Lyon 1907 ; Eospalax fontanus Thomas 1912 ; Eospalax kukunoriensis Lönnberg 1926 ; Eospalax rufescens (J. A. Allen 1909) ; Eospalax shenseius Thomas 1911 .

Distribution: Forests, steppes, scrub, and farmland in NC China (N Qinghai, N Sichuan, NGansu, Ningxia, N Shaanxi, Henen, N Shanxi, Shandong, Beijing, Jilin, Hebei, and Nei Mongol; Qin, 1991; Zhang et al., 1997).

Conservation: IUCN - Vulnerable as Myospalax fontanierii .

Discussion: In same monophyletic group as E. smithii and E. rothschildi , which is comparable to Ellerman’s (1941) fontanierii and smithii groups, and Zheng’s (1994) Prosiphneinae . Fan and Shi (1982) recognized cansus and baileyi as species, but Li and Chen (1987, 1989) argued for their recognition as subspecies of M. fontanierii based upon analyses of morphology, karyology, and LDH isozymes. They were included in E. fontanierii by G. M. Allen (1940) and also by Zhang et al. (1997); Wang (2003) treated rufescens as a species with baileyi as a subspecies. Burrowing behavior recorded and quantified by Wang et al. (1994, as M. baileyi ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Spalacidae

Genus

Eospalax

Loc

Eospalax fontanierii (Milne-Edwards 1867)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Eospalax] fontanierii ( Milne-Edwards 1867 )

Milne-Edwards 1867: 376
1867
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