Proedromys bedfordi

O. Thomas, 1911

Duke of Bedford'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 : Proedromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1911-02-14. Mammals collected in the Provinces of Kan-su and Sze-chwan, western China, by Mr. Malcolm Anderson, for the Duke of Bedford's exploration of eastern Asia. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 90:3-5.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252030

Original name as described

Proedromys bedfordi

Other common names

Bedford's Vole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.2.1.235

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/95f074a4-78a3-4945-8aca-16adc248e6d5

Type locality

97 km SE Minchow, S Gansu, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002121

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.

Proedromys bedfordi

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bedfordi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.2.1.235

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/95f074a4-78a3-4945-8aca-16adc248e6d5

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252030

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1911:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14044)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (1993:533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18305/22379426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microtus bedfordi

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

bedfordi

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. Corbet & Hill (1991:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

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