Eolagurus Argyropulo, 1946

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 513

Eolagurus Argyropulo, 1946 . Vestn. Akad. Nauk Kazakh. SSR, 7-8:44.

TYPE SPECIES: Georychus luteus Eversmann, 1840 .

COMMENTS: Corbet (1978c) viewed this taxon as part of Lagurus , but subsequent authorities have considered the two separate genera ( Corbet and Hill, 1991; Gromov and Polyakov, 1977; Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987; Zagorodnyuk, 1990). Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987) clarified the taxonomic decisions behind origin of the generic name, and pointed out that Corbet's (1978c) statement that it was meant as a subgenus for luteus may be the first validation of Eolagurus . A member of the tribe Lagurini (see account of Lagurus ).