False zokor

False zokor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Spalacidae
Genus: Myospalax
Species:
M. aspalax
Binomial name
Myospalax aspalax
(Pallas, 1776)

The false zokor (Myospalax aspalax) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae.[2] It is found in eastern Khentei and eastern Khingan in Mongolia and in the Onon River basin in Russia.

References

  1. ↑ Cassola, F. (2016). "Myospalax aspalax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T14116A115120685. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
  2. ↑ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  • Bazhenov, Y.A., Pavlenko, M.V. Distribution of Zokors (Myospalax, Rodentia) in Transbaikalia. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 47, 1235–1244 (2020). doi:10.1134/S1062359020090034