Siberian zokor | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Spalacidae |
Genus: | Myospalax |
Species: | M. myospalax |
Binomial name | |
Myospalax myospalax (Laxmann, 1773) | |
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