Order Rodentia (Part 6) Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 560 594 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353039 0-89327-235-3 7353039 Allactaga elater (Lichtenstein, 1825) . Abh. Konigl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin , p. 155 . TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R ., E. Kazakhstan ("Kirgiz Steppe") . DISTRIBUTION: N. Caucasus, E. Asia Minor and Lower Volga to Turkestan, Iran , Afghanistan , Baluchistan, and Sinkiang ( China ), in desert and semi-desert zones. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410016002003001.