Salpingotus heptneri Vorontsov and Smirnov, 1969 . In Vorontsov, ed., [The Mammals: Evolution, karyology, taxonomy, fauna], Novosibirsk, p. 60.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., Karakalpaksk. A.S.S. R., 80 km N.E. Takahta-Kumpir, N.W. Kyzyl-Kum Desert .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality, just south of the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan (U.S. S.R.).

COMMENT: May be a subspecies of crassicauda; see Sabilaiev, 1978, in [II All-Union Theriol. Conf.], Akad. Nauk U.S. S. R., Moscow, p. 37.