Typhlomys cinereus

Milne-Edwards, 1877

Soft-furred 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 6, vol. 12, 9 [1877]

Original name as described

Typhlomys cinereus

Other common names

Chinese Pygmy Dormouse · Pygmy Dormouse · Soft-furred Pygmy-dormouse

Type locality

W. Fujian, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

previously included T. chapensis, T. daloushanensis, and populations now attributed to T. nanus

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

Least Concern

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