Myospalax smithii Thomas, 1911

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 676

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scientific name	Myospalax smithii Thomas, 1911
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Myospalax smithii Thomas, 1911 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 8:720.

TYPE LOCALITY: China, Gansu, 30 mi SE Tao-chou .

DISTRIBUTION: China, Gansu and Ningxia ( Qin, 1991).

COMMENTS: Phylogenetically closely allied to M. rothschildi , and in same monophyletic group with M. fontanierii , a cluster defined by a suite of highly derived morphological features ( Lawrence, 1991).