Eospalax lingtaiensis
| Eospalax lingtaiensis Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Spalacidae |
| Genus: | Eospalax |
| Species: | E. lingtaiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Eospalax lingtaiensis Liu et al., 2014
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Eospalax lingtaiensis is an extinct species of myospalacine rodent in the genus Eospalax that inhabited Asia during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs.
Etymology
The specific epithet lingtaiensis references the county of Lingtai, where the type locality of this species is located.[1]
References
- ^ Liu, Li-Ping; Zheng, Shao-Hua; Cui, Ning; Wang, Li-Hua (2014). "Rootless myospalacines from Upper Pliocene to Lower Pleistocene of Wenwanggou section, Lingtai, Gansu" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 52 (4): 440–466. doi:10.19615/j.cnki.1000-3118.2014.04.009. Retrieved 18 March 2026.