Typhlomys chapensis

Osgood, 1932

Chapa Tree Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Platacanthomyidae
Genus : Typhlomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Osgood, W.H. 1932-08-19. Mammals of the Kelley-Roosevelts and Delacour Asiatic expeditions. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 18(10):193-339.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747121

Original name as described

Typhlomys cinereus chapensis

Other common names

Chapa Pygmy Dormouse · Vietnamese Pygmy Dormouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1932.4.19.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5eb42a08-216d-475b-b4c0-c7a16de175c9

Type locality

"Chapa [= Sa Pa], Tonkin," Lào Cai Province, Vietnam.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Vietnam

Taxonomy notes

split from T. cinereus

Taxonomy notes citation

Cheng, F., He, K., Chen, Z. Z., Zhang, B., Wan, T., Li, J. T., ... & Jiang, X. L. (2017). Phylogeny and systematic revision of the genus Typhlomys (Rodentia, Platacanthomyidae), with description of a new species. Journal of Mammalogy, 98(3), 731-743.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003772

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.

Typhlomys cinereus chapensis

Osgood, 1932

Family

Platacanthomyidae

Root name

chapensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1932.4.19.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5eb42a08-216d-475b-b4c0-c7a16de175c9

Authority page

298

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747121

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Typhlomys cinereus jindongensis

Wu Deling & Wang Guanghuan, 1984

Family

Platacanthomyidae

Root name

jindongensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KIZ 81339

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

213

Authority publication

Acta Theriologica Sinica

Typhlomys cinereus jingdongensis

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Platacanthomyidae

Root name

jingdongensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

209

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Typhlomys chapensis

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Platacanthomyidae

Root name

chapensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

106

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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