Salpingotus michaelis Fitzgibbon, 1966

Mary Ellen Holden, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Dipodidae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 487-499 : 492

Salpingotus michaelis Fitzgibbon, 1966 . Mammalia, 30(3):431.

TYPE LOCALITY: Pakistan, NW Baluchistan, Nushki Plateau, appox. 29°N, 66°E, altitude 3,500 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, NW Baluchistan ( Roberts, 1977).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Salpingotulus . Pavlinov (1980b) placed S. michaelis in a separate genus, Salpingotulus , based on genital morphology, tooth characters, and shape of the condylar process; this arrangement was followed by Vorontsov and Shenbrot (1984). The results of a morphometric and qualitative study of Salpingotus by Vorontsov and Shenbrot (1984) showed substructure within the genus based on overall similarity, with S. michaelis joining the clusters of other Salpingotus at a high level of dissimilarity, followed by S. kozlovi . Their results indicated that generic separation of michaelis was not supported, particularly if kozlovi was retained in Salpingotus . In addition, no phylogenetic study has been done. Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987:162) suggested that Salpingotus included Salpingotulus , a hypothesis followed here.

For discussion of S. michaelis versus S. thomasi , and the possible occurance of S. michaelis in Afghanistan, see Hassinger (1973) and Roberts (1977). See also comment under S. thomasi .