Tamiops minshanicus

Liu Shaoying, Tang Mingkun, R. W. Murphy, Chen Shunde, & Li Song in Liu Shaoying, Tang Mingkun, R. W. Murphy, Liu Yinxun, Wang Xuming, Wan Tao, Liao Rui, Tang Keyi, Qing Jiao, Chen Shunde, & Li Song, 2022

Minshan Striped Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Callosciurinae
Tribe : Callosciurini
Genus : Tamiops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Liu, S.-y., Tang, M.-k., Murphy, R.W., Liu, Y.-x., Wang, X.-m., Wan, T., Liao, R., Tang, K.-y., Qing, J., Chen, S.-d. and Li, S. 2022-03-21. A new species of Tamiops (Rodentia, Sciuridae) from Sichuan, China. Zootaxa 5116(3):301-333.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5116.3.1

Original name as described

Tamiops minshanica

Type material

SAF 181596

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Wanglang National Natural Reserve, Pingwu County, Mianyang, Sichuan, China. 32.99600°N, 104.01924°E, 2880 m."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

recently described; spelling changed from 'minshanica' to 'minshanicus' for genus gender agreement

Taxonomy notes citation

Liu, S., Tang, M., Murphy, R. W., Liu, Y., Wang, X., Wan, T., ... & Li, S. (2022). A new species of Tamiops (Rodentia, Sciuridae) from Sichuan, China. Zootaxa, 5116(3), 301-333.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006627

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Names and synonyms

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Tamiops minshanica

Liu Shaoying, Tang Mingkun, R. W. Murphy, Chen Shunde, & Li Song in Liu Shaoying, Tang Mingkun, R. W. Murphy, Liu Yinxun, Wang Xuming, Wan Tao, Liao Rui, Tang Keyi, Qing Jiao, Chen Shunde, & Li Song, 2022

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

minshanicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SAF 181596

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

318

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Tamiops minshanicus

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

minshanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006627

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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