Uropsilus nivatus
(G. M. Allen, 1923)
Snow Mountain Shrew Mole
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Talpidae |
| Subfamily | : Uropsilinae |
| Genus | : Uropsilus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Allen, G.M. 1923-12-28. New Chinese insectivores. American Museum Novitates 100:1-11.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170442Original name as described
Rhynchonax andersoni nivatus
Type material
AMNH M-44352
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Ssu-shan [= Snow Mountain], Li-chiang [= Lijiang Range], western Yunnan, 12,000 feet [= 3658 m] altitude," China.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
China · Myanmar?
Taxonomy notes
split from U. gracilis
Taxonomy notes citation
Wan, T., He, K., & Jiang, X. L. (2013). Multilocus phylogeny and cryptic diversity in Asian shrew-like moles (Uropsilus, Talpidae): implications for taxonomy and conservation. BMC evolutionary biology, 13(1), 232.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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