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 Alactagulus pumilio Kerr, 1792 . Anim. Kingdom, p. 275 . TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R ., Kazakhstan , between Caspian Sea and Irtysh River . DISTRIBUTION: S. European Russia from Don River through Kazakhstan to Irtysh River, south to N.E. Iran ; S. Mongolia and adjacent Inner Mongolia ; Sinkiang and Ningsiahui ( China ). COMMENT: Includes acontion and pygmaeus; Corbet, 1978: 156, concluded that pygmaeus is invalid and that acontion is a junior synonym of pumilio . ISIS NUMBER: 5301410016001001001.