Myospalax psilurus (Milne-Edwards, 1874) . Rech. Mamm., p. 126.

TYPE LOCALITY: China, Chihli, south of Peking .

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

COMMENT: Includes aspalax which may be a distinct species; see Martynova, 1976, Zool. Zh., 55(8):1267. Gromov and Baranova, 1981: 170, considered psilurus a distinct species, but Corbet, 1978:94, included psilurus in myospalax .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008022003001.