Selevinia betpakdalaensis

Beloslyudov & Bazhanov, 1939

Desert Dormouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Gliridae
Subfamily : Leithiinae
Genus : Selevinia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Beloslyudov, B.A. and Bazhanov, V.S. 1939. Новый род и вид грызуна из Центрального Казахстана. Ученые записки Казахского государственного университета 1(1):81-86.

Original name as described

Selevinia betpakdalaensis

Type material

IZK (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kyzyl-Ui, Betpak-Dala Desert, southern Kazakhstan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Kazakhstan · China?

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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