“…In general, Laptev and Losev, 1949; Galkina et al, 1969;Galkina and Nadeev, 1980;Puzachenko et al, 2009;Butkauskas et al, 2020 Laptev andLosev, 1949;Galkina and Nadeev, 1980;Butkauskas et al, 2020Ognev, 1947Makhmutov, 1983 Southern boundary Western part of Tarbagatai Mountains, eastern part of the Chingiztau Ridge Ognev, 1947;Makhmutov, 1983;Puzachenko et al, 2009;Butkauskas et al, 2020 the range of M. myospalax has a narrow longitudi nal shape, extending from flat meadow steppes in the north to mountainmeadow ecosystems in the south. The reconstructed range of Siberian zokor be longs to the following soil provinces: PreAltai steppe (H6), PreAltai (L4), Western Siberian for eststeppe (M3), and PreAltai foreststeppe (M4) (Urusevskaya et al 2020). Soil province maps are available at the website -https://soildb.ru/.…”