Eospalax muliensis

Zhang Tao, Chen Zhongzheng, & Shi Peng in Zhang Tao, Lei Menglong, Zhou Hao, Chen Zhongzheng, & Shi Peng, 2022

Muli Zokor

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Spalacidae
Subfamily : Myospalacinae
Genus : Eospalax

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Zhang, T., Lei, M.-l., Zhou, H., Chen, Z.-z. and Shi, P. 2022. Phylogenetic relationships of the zokor genus Eospalax (Mammalia, Rodentia, Spalacidae) inferred from whole-genome analyses, with description of a new species endemic to Hengduan Mountains. Zoological Research 43(3):331-342.

Original name as described

Eospalax muliensis

Type material

KIZ 040324

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Kangwu Ranch (N28.135°, E101.196°), Muli County, Sichuan Province, China, adjacent to Shangri-La Lake at an altitude of ~3 700 m."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Zhang, T., Lei, M. L., Zhou, H., Chen, Z. Z., & Shi, P. (2022). Phylogenetic relationships of the zokor genus Eospalax (Mammalia, Rodentia, Spalacidae) inferred from whole-genome analyses, with description of a new species endemic to Hengduan Mountains. Zoological Research, 43(3), 331-342.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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