Subspecies and Distribution. pos sagitta Pallas, 1773 — S Russia (Altai Krai) and right bank of Irtysh River in Kazakhstan (Pavlodar and East Kazakhstan regions). D.s.aksuensisWangSung,1964—NWChina(NTarimBasininXinjiang). D.s.austrouralensisShenbrot,1991—NWKazakhstan(WestKazakhstan,Atyrau,andAktoberegionsbetweenUralandEmbarivers). D.s.bulganensisShenbrot,1991—EKazakhstan(ELakeZaysaninEastKazakhstanRegion),NWChina(DzungarianBasininXinjiang),andMongolia(SKhovdandSWGovi-Altai). D.s.deasyiBarret-Hamilton,1900—NWChina(STarimBasininXinjiangandS&WQaidamBasininQinghai). D. s. fuscocanus Wang Sung, 1964 — W China (S foothills of E Tian Shan in Xinjiang). D. s. halli Sowerby, 1920 — China (NE Inner Mongolia [= Nei Mongol], SW Heilongjiang, NWJilin, and N Liaoning) and SE Mongolia (Stikhbaatar). D. s. innae Ognev, 1930 — S Russia (Astrakhan Region E of Volga River) and NW Kazakhstan (West Kazakhstan and Atyrau regions W of Ural River). D. s. lagopus Lichtenstein, 1823 — WC Kazakhstan (E of Emba and N of Syrdarya rivers). D. s. megacranius Shenbrot, 1991 — SE Kazakhstan (Moinkum Sands in Jambyl Region). D. s. nogai Satunin, 1907 — S European Russia (Volgograd and Astrakhan regions E of Volga River, Kalmykia, and Dagestan). D. s. sowerbyi Thomas, 1908 — N China (NE Xinjiang, N Qaidam Basin in Qinghai, Gansu, SW Inner Mongolia, N Ningxia, and N Shaanxi) and Mongolia. D. s. turanicus Shenbrot, 1991 — SW Kazakhstan (S Kyzylorda S of Syrdarya River and Mangystau regions), Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan; it probably occurs in adjacent W Afghanistan. D. s. ubsanensis Bannikov, 1947 — NW Mongolia (N Uvs) and adjacent Russia (extreme S Tuva). D. s. usuni Shenbrot, 1991 — SE Kazakhstan (Almaty Region); it probably occurs in adjacent China (sands of Ili Valley of W Xinjiang). D. s. zaissanensis Selevin, 1934 — E Kazakhstan (NW Lake Zaysan Basin on the left bank of Irtysh River). Isolated population in N Iran (Turan Desert in E Semnan Province) may belong to turanicus or correspond to a yet undescribed subspecies. in Dipodidae

Subspecies and Distribution. pos sagitta Pallas, 1773 — S Russia (Altai Krai) and right bank of Irtysh River in Kazakhstan (Pavlodar and East Kazakhstan regions). D.s.aksuensisWangSung,1964—NWChina(NTarimBasininXinjiang). D.s.austrouralensisShenbrot,1991—NWKazakhstan(WestKazakhstan,Atyrau,andAktoberegionsbetweenUralandEmbarivers). D.s.bulganensisShenbrot,1991—EKazakhstan(ELakeZaysaninEastKazakhstanRegion),NWChina(DzungarianBasininXinjiang),andMongolia(SKhovdandSWGovi-Altai). D.s.deasyiBarret-Hamilton,1900—NWChina(STarimBasininXinjiangandS&WQaidamBasininQinghai). D. s. fuscocanus Wang Sung, 1964 — W China (S foothills of E Tian Shan in Xinjiang). D. s. halli Sowerby, 1920 — China (NE Inner Mongolia [= Nei Mongol], SW Heilongjiang, NWJilin, and N Liaoning) and SE Mongolia (Stikhbaatar). D. s. innae Ognev, 1930 — S Russia (Astrakhan Region E of Volga River) and NW Kazakhstan (West Kazakhstan and Atyrau regions W of Ural River). D. s. lagopus Lichtenstein, 1823 — WC Kazakhstan (E of Emba and N of Syrdarya rivers). D. s. megacranius Shenbrot, 1991 — SE Kazakhstan (Moinkum Sands in Jambyl Region). D. s. nogai Satunin, 1907 — S European Russia (Volgograd and Astrakhan regions E of Volga River, Kalmykia, and Dagestan). D. s. sowerbyi Thomas, 1908 — N China (NE Xinjiang, N Qaidam Basin in Qinghai, Gansu, SW Inner Mongolia, N Ningxia, and N Shaanxi) and Mongolia. D. s. turanicus Shenbrot, 1991 — SW Kazakhstan (S Kyzylorda S of Syrdarya River and Mangystau regions), Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan; it probably occurs in adjacent W Afghanistan. D. s. ubsanensis Bannikov, 1947 — NW Mongolia (N Uvs) and adjacent Russia (extreme S Tuva). D. s. usuni Shenbrot, 1991 — SE Kazakhstan (Almaty Region); it probably occurs in adjacent China (sands of Ili Valley of W Xinjiang). D. s. zaissanensis Selevin, 1934 — E Kazakhstan (NW Lake Zaysan Basin on the left bank of Irtysh River). Isolated population in N Iran (Turan Desert in E Semnan Province) may belong to turanicus or correspond to a yet undescribed subspecies.