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Taxon: Genus Myospalax Laxmann, 1769 - mole-rats (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation E. Laxmann, 1769, gen. caelebs
Original name, rank & spelling Laxmann, E. 1769. Sibir. Briefe: 75. ≡
Description/Diagnosis in Latin op. cit.: 75 ("capite brevi (non rostrato), plantis non calcaneatis").
Subsequent publication Laxmann, 1773: 134.

Attributes

Available genus-group name without included nominal species (gen. caelebs) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 12, 67.2.2 (<1931)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 26 Feb 2022.

Types

Type ofMyospalacinae (Subfamily) Lilljeborg, 1866
TypeMyospalax myospalax (Laxmann, 1773)

Synonyms

Synonymous name (subjective)Myotalpa (Genus) R. Kerr, 1792
Synonymous name (subjective)Siphneus (Genus) Brants, 1827

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namemollemmingen
molhamsters

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namemole-rats
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