Cricetulus pseudogriseus Orlov and Iskhakova, 1975 . Zool. Zh., 54(4):599.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., S. Buryatskaya A.S.S. R., Kyakhta Dist., Naushki .

DISTRIBUTION: Transbaikalia (U.S. S.R.); N.C. and N. E. Mongolia; N. Inner Mongolia (China).

COMMENT: Considered a distinct species by Orlov et al., 1978, in [Geography and Dynamics of Plants and Animals in Mongolian P.R.], p. 149- 164, and Sokolov and Orlov, 1980, [Guide to the Mammals of Mongolian P. R.], p. 123; Corbet, 1978:91, included this form in barabensis .