Allocricetulus eversmanni (Brandt, 1859) . Melanges. Biol. Acad. St. Petersbourg, p. 210.

TYPE LOCALITY: Russia, Orenburg Oblast, near Orenburg .

DISTRIBUTION: N Kazakhstan steppes from Volga River to the upper Irtysh at Zaysan (Corbet, 1978c).

SYNONYMS: beljawi, belajevi, beljaevi, microdon, pseudocurtatus.

COMMENTS: See Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987) for allocating pseudocurtatus to A. eversmanni .