Ellobius talpinus (Pallas, 1770) . Nova Comm. Acad. Sci. Petrop., 14(2): 568.

REVIEWED BY: M. Andera (MA).

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., R.S.F.S. R., Kuibyshevsk. Obi., W. Bank of Volga River, between Kuibyshev (=Samara) and Kostychi .

DISTRIBUTION: Steppes from S. Ukraine and Crimea, east through Kazakhstan (U.S. S.R.) to Sinkiang and Inner Mongolia (China) and Mongolia, north to Sverdlovsk and south to N. Afghanistan, N.W. Iran and N. Pakistan.

COMMENT: Includes tancrei, which was considered a distinct species by Gromov and Baranova, 1981: 152. Karyology reviewed by Lyapunova et al., 1980:239-247, in Vorontsov and Van Brink, eds., Animal genetics and evolution, Junk, The Hague.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008075003001.