''Myospalax'' is a genus of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...

s in the family

Spalacidae The Spalacidae, or spalacids, are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. They are native to eastern Asia, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and southeastern Europe. It includes the blind mole-rats, bamboo rats, m ...

. It contains these species of

zokor Zokors are Asiatic burrowing rodents resembling mole-rats. They include two genera: '' Myospalax'' and '' Eospalax''. Zokors are native to much of China, Kazakhstan, and Siberian Russia. Traditionally, zokors were thought to be closely relate ...

: * False zokor, ''M. aspalax'' *

Siberian zokor The Siberian zokor (''Myospalax myospalax'') is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is found in Kazakhstan and Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North ...

, ''M. myospalax'' * Transbaikal zokor, ''M. psilurus''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q82713 Rodent genera Taxa named by Erik Laxmann Rodents of Asia