Neodon forresti

Hinton, 1923

Forrest's Mountain 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/34355398

Original name as described

Neodon forresti

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1922.12.1.35

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f9a7291d-2238-4e7e-9bd4-5c8fce32dbff

Type locality

"divide between the Mekong and Yangtze Rivers, N.W. Yunnan [China], in latitude 27° 20' N. Altitude 11,000' to 12,000' [= 3353–3658 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Myanmar

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002112

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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.

Neodon forresti

Hinton, 1923

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

forresti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1922.12.1.35

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f9a7291d-2238-4e7e-9bd4-5c8fce32dbff

Authority page

156

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355398

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  7. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136554/22331098) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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