Neodon nepalensis
N. Pradhan, A. N. Sharma, Sherchan, Chhetri, Shrestha, & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2019
Nepalese 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
Authority citation
Pradhan, N., Sharma, A.N., Sherchan, A.M., Chhetri, S., Shrestha, P. and Kilpatrick, C.W. 2019-07-17. Further assessment of the genus Neodon and the description of a new species from Nepal. PLoS ONE 14(7):e0219157.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219157Original name as described
Neodon nepalensis
Other common names
Nepalese Vole
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:142081
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Dhorpatan (28° 33' N, 83° 05' E; 8950 ft), Dolpo District, Nepal.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Nepal
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Pradhan, N., Sharma, A. N., Sherchan, A. M., Chhetri, S., Shrestha, P., & Kilpatrick, C. W. (2019). Further assessment of the Genus Neodon and the description of a new species from Nepal. PloS one, 14(7), e0219157.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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