Name:Eospalax smithi
Alias:Eospalax smithi,Myospalax smithii,Myospalax smithii Thomas
Outline:Rodents
Family:Rodentia Cricetidae Zokor
length:175-225mm
Weight:254g
IUCN:LC
The Stevens's zokor belongs to the subfamily Myospalacinae. The Stevens's zokor is named after the specimen collected from Lintan, Gansu. There was controversy over whether it is an independent species. Sometimes it is regarded as a subspecies of the Qinling zokor (Eospalax rufescens). It mainly lives in forests or grasslands between shrubs, and sometimes in cultivated land. It is herbivorous.
This species has been included in the "National List of Terrestrial Wildlife with Important Economic and Scientific Research Value" issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000.
Listed in the 2013 Red List of Endangered Species of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) ver3.1--Low Risk (LC).