Mesechinus dauuricus (Sundevall, 1842) . K. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. Stockholm, 1841:237 [1842].

TYPE LOCALITY: "Dauuria" = Dauryia, Transbaikalia, Russia (49°57'N, 116°55'E) .

DISTRIBUTION: NE Mongolia east to upper Amur Basin in Russia and adjacent parts of Inner Mongolia and W Manchuria, China.

SYNONYMS: manchuricus, przewalskii, sibiricus.

COMMENTS: Includes sibiricus; see Corbet (1978c:15, a). A considerable confusion of names has occurred in the literature; see Corbet (1988:163). Possibly includes miodon, see comments under M. hughi .