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GENUS Pygeretmus

Author:Gloger, 1841.
Citation:Gemeinn. Hand. Hilfsbuch. Nat., 1: 106.
Type Species:Dipus platurus Lichtenstein, 1823 (emended to D. platyurus by Lichtenstein, 1828).
Comments:Vorontsov et al. (1969b) found no distinguishing karyological characters between subgenera Alactagulus and Pygeretmus; in the same study, karyotypes and morphometric comparisons of subgenus Pygeretmus were provided. Shenbrot's (1984) subgeneric classification is followed below. Gromov and Erbajeva (1995) recognized Alactagulus as a separate genus, and Kowalski (2001) used Pliopygerethmus, but both are considered synonyms of Pygeretmus (Heptner, 1984; Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987; Shenbrot, 1984; Zazhigin and Lopatin, 2000c). Generic review and distribution provided by Shenbrot et al. (1995). For synonyms see McKenna and Bell (1997) and Zazhigin and Lopatin (2000c).
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Offspring:

SUBGENUS Pygeretmus

SPECIES platyurus

SPECIES shitkovi

SUBGENUS Alactagulus

SPECIES pumilio

Synonyms:

    Platycercomys Brandt, 1843
    Pliopygerethmus Topachevskii and Skorik, 1971
    Pseudoalactaga Topachevskii, 1971
    Pygerethmus Vinogradov, 1930
    Pygeretmus Gloger, 1841

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