Ellobius alaicus Vorontsov et al., 1969

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 : 512

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Ellobius alaicus Vorontsov et al., 1969 . In Vorontsov (ed.), [The Mammals: Evolution, karyology, taxonomy, fauna], Novosibirsk, p. 127.

TYPE LOCALITY: Kirghizia, Alai Valley, between Sary-Tashem and Bardabo, 3300 m .

DISTRIBUTION: Recorded only from the Alai Mtns, S Kirghizia.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Ellobius . Included, with question, in E. talpinus by Corbet (1978c). Chromosomal data and breeding results reveal that alaicus does not belong in E. talpinus and is reproductively isolated from E. tancrei , with which it is parapatric ( Corbet, 1984; Lyapunova et al., 1990, and references therein). Closely related to E. tancrei and provisionally placed in that species by Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987).