Allactaga major

Allactaga major (Kerr, 1792). In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, p. 274. TYPE LOCALITY: Kazakhstan, between Caspian Sea and Irtysh River. DISTRIBUTION: Steppes and deserts from Caucasus N to Moscow and Kiev E to Ob River (W Siberia), Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan; figured by Kuznetsov (1965) and...

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Main Author: Mary Ellen Holden
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Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7281672
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Summary:Allactaga major (Kerr, 1792). In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, p. 274. TYPE LOCALITY: Kazakhstan, between Caspian Sea and Irtysh River. DISTRIBUTION: Steppes and deserts from Caucasus N to Moscow and Kiev E to Ob River (W Siberia), Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan; figured by Kuznetsov (1965) and Sludskii (1977). SYNONYMS: brachyotis, chachlovi, decumanus, djetysuensis, flavescens, fuscus, hochlovi, intermedius, jaculus, macrotis, nigricans, spiculum, vexillarius (see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Corbet, 1978c; and Shenbrot, 19914). COMMENTS: Subgenus Allactaga. A. jaculus Pallas is a junior synonym (see Ognev, 1963b:94; Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987:154). Subspecific revision and additional distributional data provided by Shenbrot (19914). Karyotype contributed by Vorontsov et al. (1969c). Reviewed by Ognev (1963b). Detailed habitat data provided by Naumov and Lobachev (1975). Published as part of Mary Ellen Holden, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Dipodidae, pp. 487-499 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 489, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353072