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--> FAMILY Spalacidae
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--> GENUS Eospalax
SPECIES Eospalax rothschildi
Author: | Thomas, 1911. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 8: 722. | Common Name: | Rothschild’s Zokor | Type Locality: | China, Gansu, 40 mi (64 km) SE Tao-chou. | Distribution: | Forest, scrub, grassland and farmland in NC China (Henan, Shaanxi, N Gansu, N Sichuan, and Hubei; see Zhang et al., 1997). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as Myospalax rothschildi. | Comments: | The sister-species of E. smithii (Lawrence, 1991). The taxon hubeinensis (Li and Chen, 1989) was described as subspecies of M. rothschildi. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
hubeinensis Li and Chen, 1989 minor Lönnberg, 1926
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