Vernaya fulva

(G. M. Allen, 1927)

Vernay's Climbing Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : incertae sedis
Genus : Vernaya

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, G.M. 1927-05-31. Murid rodents from the Asiatic Expeditions. American Museum Novitates 270:1-12.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/169063

Original name as described

Chiropodomys fulvus

Other common names

Red Climbing Mouse

Type material

AMNH M-43989

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-43989

Type locality

Yinpankai, Mekong River, Yunnan, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Myanmar

Taxonomy notes

previously included V. foramena

Taxonomy notes citation

Zhao, S., Wang, X., Li, B. V., Dou, L., Liu, Y., Yang, S., ... & Chen, S. (2023). Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Vernaya (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae) with the description of two new species. Ecology and Evolution, 13(11), e10628.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003334

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.

Chiropodomys fulvus

(G. M. Allen, 1927)

Family

Muridae

Root name

fulva

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-43989

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-43989

Authority page

11

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Vernaya fulva

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

fulva

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

168

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22933/22448949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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