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Zokors are native to much of China, Kazakhstan, and Siberian Russia. Traditionally, zokors were thought to be closely related to either hamsters ( Cricetinae ) or voles ( Arvicolinae ), but recent molecular phylogenetic studies have demonstrated they are more closely related to blind mole-rats ( Spalacinae ) and root and bamboo rats ...
Zokors are active throughout the year. Even though the temperature conditions above ground vary greatly, in the burrow the temperature is much less extreme and these zokors do not hibernate in winter, although their activity level is reduced. In spring, male zokors extend their tunnels and mate with females when their tunnel systems intersect.
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It includes the blind mole-rats, bamboo rats, mole-rats, and zokors. This family represents the oldest split (excluding perhaps the Platacanthomyidae ) in the muroid superfamily, and comprises animals adapted to a subterranean way of life.
Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. 2008. Eospalax rothschildi. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 14 August 2009. Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005.
Zokors (Myospalacinae), occasionally called mole-rats, about eight species from central and eastern Asia. In the family Muridae: Nesokia indica from southern and southwestern Asia and Egypt, also known as the short-tailed mole-rat. Bandicota bengalensis from southern Asia, also known as the Indian mole-rat.
The Muroidea are a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, lemmings, gerbils, and many other relatives.Although the Muroidea originated in Eurasia, [1] they occupy a vast variety of habitats on every continent except Antarctica.
The rodent family Platacanthomyidae, or Oriental dormice, includes the spiny dormice and the Chinese pygmy dormice.In spite of their appearance, these animals are not true dormice, but are part of the large and complex superfamily Muroidea.