After McKenna & Bell, 1997, Zheng & Cai, 1991, and Zheng, Zhang, – Cui, 2004, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Myospalacinae Lilljeborg, 1866 [taxonomic history] (zokorit) |--o †Prosiphneus Teilhard de Chardin, 1926 [taxonomic history] U.Mioc.-L.Pleist. As. | |-- †P. youngi Teilhard de Chardin, 1926 | |-- †P. qinauensis Zheng, Zhang, – Cui, 2004 | |-- †P. qiui Zheng, Zhang, – Cui, 2004 | |-- †P. haoi Zheng, Zhang, – Cui, 2004 | |-- †P. licenti | |-- †P. truncatus | `-- †P. ericksoni (Schlosser,1924) `--o Myospalax Laxmann, 1773 [taxonomic history] U.Plioc. ?L.Pleist. M.Pleist.-R. As. (zokorit) |?-+-- †M.? paratingi [†Prosiphneus paratingi] | `--+-- †M. trassaerti | `-- †M. tingi (Young, 1927) [taxonomic history] |?-+-- †M.? intermedius [†Prosiphneus intermedius] | `--+-- †M. omegodon | `-- †M. chaoyatseni `--+?- M. epsilanus |?- M. rothschildi |?- M. smithii |--o (Eospalax) | |-- M. (E.) fontanieri | |-- M. (E.) cansus | `-- M. (E.) baileyi `--o (Myospalax) |?- M. (M.) aspalax (siperianzokori) |?- M. (M.) psilurus (mantsurianzokori) `-- M. (M.) myospalax (lännenzokori)
Reference(s):
- McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629 - Winkler, A. J., 1992: Systematics and biogeography of Middle Miocene rodents from the Muruyur beds, Baringo District, Kenya.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 12, #2, pp. 236-249 - Zheng, S. & Cai, B., 1991: Fossil micromammals from the Donggou section of Dongyaozitou, Yuxian County, Hebei Province.
–Contributions to INQUA XIII: pp. 100-131 - Zheng, S.H., Zhang, Z.Q., – Cui, N., 2004: On some species of Prosiphneus (Siphneidae, Rodentia) and the origin of Siphneidae.
–Vertbrata PalAsiatica, 42(4):297-315 [from abstract]