Spalax giganteus Nehring, 1898 . Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin, p. 169.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., Daghestan, W. shore of Caspian Sea, Petrovsky-Port near Makhach-Kala .

DISTRIBUTION: Steppe N.W. of Caspian Sea and in Kazakhstan east of Ural River (U.S. S.R.).

COMMENT: Includes uralensis; see Corbet, 1978:130.