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<emphasis id="5602804700B47217FC38BEF3E3733900" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Eospalax</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A8DA9E54F6A317116B2F9F15CA96191D" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Eospalax</emphasis>
G. M.
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,
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Mammals of
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and
<collectingCountry id="AA58052F8B783EAB4DF555E9D242908E" name="Mongolia">Mongolia</collectingCountry>
, Nat. Hist. Central Asia, Vol. 2, pt. 1: vii
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.
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<paragraph id="517BA9B15F182D53A5F5274E31B00EBD" pageNumber="909">
<emphasis id="6DCBA24A7A8CA26C40C3BC0457E9ADDF" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="909">Type Species:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="6FB5B46E6E4A93701940E42A270F89AE" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Siphneus fontanieri</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="764CC5AE6EDFE74AF898621EB27C26E3" author="Milne-Edwards, A." refId="ref242802" refString="Milne-Edwards, A. 1867. Observations sur quelques mammiferes du nord de la Chine. Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie et biologie animale, 7 (5): 375 - 377." year="1867">Milne-Edwards 1867</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="E03E7004AE3B5ACD70342893E7D68318" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="909">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="1C70AEABADDCBC2438BC1BB0AB5DDB6C" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Allosiphneus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="53DC9BEDC86147B31E9F7ED9861163C1" author="Kretzoi, M." refId="ref198151" refString="Kretzoi, M. 1961. Zwei myospalaciden aus Nordchina. Vertebrata Hungarica, 3: 123 - 136." year="1961">Kretzoi 1961</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<emphasis id="40F3F0B73C215F56518E57CD0D0D49CF" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Zokor</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="DC54EC1286241DE0E6CE2F7EEEA1B37C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="909">Species and subspecies:</emphasis>
3 species:
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<paragraph id="24F9B55AE0D552D4656BB71D577BBA85" pageNumber="909">
Species
<taxonomicName id="71E94C470488F5255CB1013A40D3AF41" authority="(Milne-Edwards 1867)" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1867" class="Mammalia" family="Spalacidae" genus="Eospalax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="909" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fontanierii">
<emphasis id="84C20DD780DFCC1217C951AC30EDB33B" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Eospalax fontanierii</emphasis>
(
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)
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<paragraph id="1B59652FD4AB162B56C040DF76D074A6" pageNumber="909">
Species
<taxonomicName id="AE9550A3190F31779F75C428CDE0A016" authority="(Thomas 1911)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Spalacidae" genus="Eospalax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="909" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rothschildi">
<emphasis id="0B8FF63C5C32B0975D4790C77361F283" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Eospalax rothschildi</emphasis>
(Thomas 1911)
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<paragraph id="E25977183C5728BD2476C77C493B7D7B" pageNumber="909">
Species
<taxonomicName id="5B452FF42D856A457B6FEDDDD07DEA00" authority="(Thomas 1911)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Spalacidae" genus="Eospalax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="909" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="smithii">
<emphasis id="0D5CC67E9E94D25CD8B3EDE0D7B84A0F" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Eospalax smithii</emphasis>
(Thomas 1911)
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<emphasis id="83067EA2C31AEC6EE541B3E7F4F035A4" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="909">Discussion:</emphasis>
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Extant and extinct species recorded only from
<collectingCountry id="6CF9F789E2D90850B48C3E186E154C8A" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
. Phylogenetic relationships reviewed by
<bibRefCitation id="2001373978E961743D705459DF249AEE" author="Lawrence, M. A." refId="ref207283" refString="Lawrence, M. A. 1991. A fossil Myospalax cranium (Rodentia: Muridae) from Shanxi, China, with observations on Zokor relationships. Pp. 261 - 286, in Contributions to mammalogy in honor of Karl F. Koopman (T. A. Griffiths and D. Klingener, eds.). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 206: 1 - 432." year="1991">Lawrence (1991</bibRefCitation>
, as
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<emphasis id="CA3D584F9016DE69699B34E0ECA73ADE" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Myospalax</emphasis>
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; see above discussion) and
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, both of whom brought together
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<emphasis id="75DC52C58DF5317D64F7F99411811FAC" italics="true" pageNumber="909">fontanieri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="812E78FA3884718EF1C411E0B8246B19" italics="true" pageNumber="909">rothschildi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="BF43DF2540418FD32D7A1527488497EB" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Spalacidae" genus="Myospalax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="smithi">
<emphasis id="C0DEE2E20598E29E75B51ECB2F711B99" italics="true" pageNumber="909">smithi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in a cluster defined by a suite of derived morphological features (convex occipital shield, long incisive foramina bisected by premaxillary-maxillary suture, carotid canal at basioccipital-basisphenoid suture, configuration of pterygoid fossa, hypsodent and rootless molars). All three have always been recognized as species, usually grouped at the species-group or subgeneric level (G. M. Allen, 1940;
<bibRefCitation id="55C81D481E7CC419E3C9987B25868C3C" author="Corbet, G. B." refId="ref67548" refString="Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp." year="1978">
Corbet, 1978
<emphasis id="0736CE7C05ED6B3934127B7144AAD6B7" italics="true" pageNumber="909">c</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="98E6FB7DEF31D5BF55AA4203ECFD3630" author="Kuzhyakin, A. P." refId="ref202093" refString="Kuzhyakin, A. P. 1965. Myospalacinae. Pp. 343 - 344, in Key to mammals of USSR (N. A. Bobrinskii, B. A. Kuznetsov, and A. P. Kuzhyakin, eds.). Enlightenment Publishing House, Moscow, 382 pp." year="1965">Kuzhyakin, 1965</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="49CE8BA0AA0FA1924BB98B1E5D32B899" author="Leroy, P." refId="ref210415" refString="Leroy, P. 1940. Observations on living Chinese mole-rats. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology. Zoology, 10: 167 - 193." year="1940">Leroy, 1940</bibRefCitation>
). The three were carefully described by G. M. Allen (1940), who also provided distributional and habitat information.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B2FCF7E6BACE9B9DF3F21D1591AF4C8E" pageNumber="909">
<bibRefCitation id="D59A76AD4F4AD6117A71390DA269F5A1" author="Zheng, S." refId="ref405948" refString="Zheng, S. 1994. Classification and evolution of the Siphneidae. Pp. 57 - 76, in Rodent and Lagomorph Families of Asian Origins and Diversification (Y. Tomida, C. k. Li, and T. Setoguchi, eds.). National Science Museum Monographs, No. 8, Tokyo, 195 pp." year="1994">Zheng (1994)</bibRefCitation>
recognized
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<emphasis id="1AFF8A166FDB77BB814EE5D8D4CD4F6C" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Allosiphneus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for the extinct species
<emphasis id="F3AAD017537A870B695AE6A654EB184A" italics="true" pageNumber="909">arvicolinus</emphasis>
, which has rootless molars and belongs in this group, but the traits distinguishing this genus define only a different species to us. He also included an assemblage of rooted species sorted into the genera
<taxonomicName id="E5C485BE84D4B4277D7572220F837AA7" authorityName="Tielhard de Chardin" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Prosiphneus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="643021FB7ADF52702ED854252B1BE9DB" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Prosiphneus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="E11C03E5F8D285A5574CE1A9A8C5E55F" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Myotalpavus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="2CDCFEA13359EFA2E219EA4E8222E285" authorityName="Zheng" authorityYear="1994" class="Mammalia" genus="Pliosiphneus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0A6310D930835EE91E59CC7CF7F46D8E" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Pliosiphneus</emphasis>
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. We do not appreciate the cladistic support for the latter two and include them in
<taxonomicName id="7305EA90E85BD109151368A56F10B847" authorityName="Tielhard de Chardin" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Prosiphneus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="BB3B16409823F4EB50A42104818FE531" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Prosiphneus</emphasis>
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. The distinguishing traits among them are not nearly of the same magnitude as those between
<taxonomicName id="080D28454521EE113A6BCEC0C0121014" authorityName="G. M. Allen" authorityYear="1938" class="Mammalia" family="Spalacidae" genus="Eospalax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="325AB8433119202ACBF4AA8C9B74F046" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Eospalax</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B95F126A15F1824566928DC77EB69FCD" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Myospalax</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="7A800B26A0763AF98BFAC5418C921992" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Mesosiphneus</emphasis>
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;
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<emphasis id="43D07C3AD48457BEB173965D76C75E8F" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Prosiphneus</emphasis>
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thus contains extinct species with rooted molars.
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did not recognize this dichotomy: &quot;Placing species that have not achieved complete rootless hypsodonty in the separate genus
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is an artifical division of a monophyletic group.&quot; Her conclusion was influenced by study of fossil
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<emphasis id="CA0917D42ED42F57FEAA385E5A20D2A2" italics="true" pageNumber="909">youngi</emphasis>
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, which at the time was included in
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<emphasis id="330F33CC3CE83CAA145204EC5C522F43" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Prosiphneus</emphasis>
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, and her analysis placed it in the same group as
<taxonomicName id="C7C06D5E3EEBFF739B843CB6A42AC5A5" authorityName="Laxmann" authorityYear="1769" class="Mammalia" family="Spalacidae" genus="Myospalax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="EEB94DD1C8D819EAEC7E7A285D43944E" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Myospalax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, an arrangement also proposed by
<bibRefCitation id="27B2FB9D9B212DB01AE2DD6C6B2D7D1E" author="Zheng, S." refId="ref405948" refString="Zheng, S. 1994. Classification and evolution of the Siphneidae. Pp. 57 - 76, in Rodent and Lagomorph Families of Asian Origins and Diversification (Y. Tomida, C. k. Li, and T. Setoguchi, eds.). National Science Museum Monographs, No. 8, Tokyo, 195 pp." year="1994">Zheng (1994)</bibRefCitation>
. Lawrence otherwise did not have available any of the species placed in
<taxonomicName id="D64F2B2DBED0553C966F4899852408C9" authorityName="Tielhard de Chardin" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Prosiphneus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4AA85717621709E976CA03D956EE5D11" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Prosiphneus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by Zheng, and we cannot assess the generic validity from Zhengs report because he offered no diagnosis or definition of it. Until phylogenetic relationships among the extinct species with rooted molars in
<taxonomicName id="B8B90F1EA1C83BF83644556FE03E4E82" authorityName="Tielhard de Chardin" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Prosiphneus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="029530E2D63E069EFD02A91D9BC95820" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Prosiphneus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and those extant and extinct forms in
<taxonomicName id="C08E378F9AC8A0A2D4D7403B927DD328" authorityName="G. M. Allen" authorityYear="1938" class="Mammalia" family="Spalacidae" genus="Eospalax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D4A75D6ACBEB1F9CF800D51EB94C25C9" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Eospalax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are illuminated, the two genera should be retained. If shown to be congeneric,
<taxonomicName id="31E0F0962CC52F9E1C75B8541A7FF802" authority="G. M. Allen (1939)" authorityName="G. M. Allen" authorityYear="1939" class="Mammalia" family="Spalacidae" genus="Eospalax" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="06E269E3B88457F968F9F19FA4FEF6DF" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Eospalax</emphasis>
G. M.
<bibRefCitation id="E75E474D36DD45E4142BBFC74AD52840" author="Allen, G. M." refId="ref4894" refString="Allen, G. M. 1939. A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 83: 1 - 763." year="1939">Allen (1939)</bibRefCitation>
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would be replaced by
<taxonomicName id="CD9EAE7FFC7FF0D7CFA4575CB204C36E" authority="Tielhard de Chardin (1926)" authorityName="Tielhard de Chardin" authorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Prosiphneus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="575300DFC1A6BFE9F7DE4B22B0F6B1DF" italics="true" pageNumber="909">Prosiphneus</emphasis>
Tielhard
<bibRefCitation id="770981EF827DA3777292B6054E277D30" author="Teilhard de Chardin, P." refId="ref350016" refString="Teilhard de Chardin, P. 1926. Mammiferes tertiares de Chine et Mongolie. Annales de Paleontologie, 5: 48 - 51." year="1926">de Chardin (1926)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
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.
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