''Myospalax'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 ...
s 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 contains these species of
zokor
Zokors are Asia, Asiatic burrowing rodents resembling Spalacidae, mole-rats. They include two genera: ''Myospalax'' and ''Eospalax''. Zokors are native to much of China, Kazakhstan, and Siberia, Siberian Russia.
Traditionally, zokors were though ...
:
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False zokor, ''M. aspalax''
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Siberian zokor, ''M. myospalax''
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Transbaikal zokor, ''M. psilurus''
References
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Rodent genera
Taxa named by Erik Laxmann
Rodents of Asia