Pygeretmus platyurus (Lichtenstein, 1823)

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 : 490

Pygeretmus platyurus (Lichtenstein, 1823) . Naturh. Abh. Eversmann's Reise, p. 121.

TYPE LOCALITY: Kazakhstan, E shore of Aral Sea, Kuwan-Darya River .

DISTRIBUTION: W, C, and E Kazakhstan.

SYNONYMS: platurus , vinogradovi (see Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987; and Shenbrot, 1988).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Pygeretmus . Corbet (1978c) and Gromov and Baranova (1981) synonymized P. vinogradovi with P. platyurus without comment. Heptner (1984) agreed because he felt the differences between the two forms were not sharp enough to warrant specific recognition, a view tentatively followed by Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987). Shenbrot's (1988) results indicated that P. vinogradovi falls within the range of variation of P. platyurus , and that vinogradovi should not even be recognized at the subspecific level. Review and distribution map provided by Silverstov et al. (1969) and Sludskii (1977); detailed habitat data provided by Naumov and Lobachev (1975).