Eospalax Myospalax †Pliosiphneus Zokors are Asiatic burrowing rodents resembling mole-rats.

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 (Rhizomyinae) in the family Spalacidae.

[citation needed] Unlike the other spalacids, which primarily use their incisors, zokors use their powerful front claws for digging.

Zokors feed on plant matter such as tubers and seeds.