Neodon sikimensis

Horsfield, 1851

Sikkim 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

Horsfield, T. 1851. A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company. J. & H. Cox, London, 212 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832443

Original name as described

Neodon sikimensis

Other common names

Sikkim Vole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.395

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/22cd3c40-a651-48e8-aa5d-70f21aa40742

Type locality

Sikkim, India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Nepal · China · India · Bhutan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002120

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.

Neodon sikimensis

Horsfield, 1851

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sikimensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.395

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/22cd3c40-a651-48e8-aa5d-70f21aa40742

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832443

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13457/22330767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pitymys sikimensis

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sikimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

162

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Neodon sikimmensis

E. Blyth in E. Blyth, 1853

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sikimmensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

409

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40267895

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blyth (1853:409, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40267895) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67348)

Neodon sikimensis

Horsfield, 1849

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sikimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

203

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22065738

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Neodon sikhimensis

E. Blyth, 1863

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sikhimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534806

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Arvicola nigrescens

(Hodgson in J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nigrescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

11

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola thricolis

(Hodgson in J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

thricolis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

10

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Bicunedens perfuscus

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

perfuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

11

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola thricotis

(Jerdon, 1867)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

thricotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority publication

Roorkee

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Neodon sikkimensis

G. S. Miller, 1896

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sikkimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811305

Authority publication

North American Fauna

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