The false zokor (''Myospalax aspalax'') is a species of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...

in the family

Spalacidae The Spalacidae, or spalacids, are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. They are native to eastern Asia, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and southeastern Europe. It includes the blind mole-rats, bamboo rats, m ...

. It is found in eastern Khentei and eastern Khingan in Mongolia and in the Onon River basin in Russia.

References

* Shar, S. & Lkhagvasuren, D. 2008.
Myospalax aspalax

2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Downloaded on 14 August 2008. * Bazhenov, Y.A., Pavlenko, M.V. Distribution of Zokors (Myospalax, Rodentia) in Transbaikalia. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 47, 1235–1244 (2020). Myospalax Mammals described in 1776 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Rodents of China Mammals of Mongolia Mammals of Siberia {{muroid-stub