Neodon clarkei

(Hinton, 1923)

Clarke's Vole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Tribe : Microtini
Genus : Neodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hinton, M.A.C. 1923-01-01. On the voles collected by Mr. G. Forrest in Yunnan; with remarks upon the genera Eothenomys and Neodon and upon their allies. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)11(61):145-162.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355400

Original name as described

Microtus clarkei

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1922.12.1.46

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4ab8f258-586c-4b84-a6b3-58293bf9d70a

Type locality

Kuikiang-Salween Divide, Yunnan, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Myanmar · Vietnam

Taxonomy notes

genus transfer from Microtus to Neodon

Taxonomy notes citation

Liu, S., Jin, W., Murphy, R.W., Lv, B., Hao, H., Liao, R., Sun, Z., Tang, M., Chen, W., Fu, J. 2016. Taxonomic position of Chinese voles of the tribe Arvicolini and the description of 2 new species from Xizang, China. Journal of Mammalogy 1-17.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002111

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Microtus clarkei

(Hinton, 1923)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

clarkei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1922.12.1.46

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4ab8f258-586c-4b84-a6b3-58293bf9d70a

Authority page

158

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355400

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Neodon clarkei

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

clarkei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

325

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23041/115166908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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