Vernaya nushanensis

Zhao Songping, Liu Yingxun, Jiang Xuelong, Liu Shaoying, & Chen Shunde in Zhao Songping, Wang Xuming, Li Binbin V., Dou Liang, Liu Yingxun, Yang Siyu, Fan Ronghui, Jiang Yong, Li Quan, Liao Rui, Hu Miao, Jiang Xuelong, Liu Shaoying, & Chen Shunde, 2023

Nushan Climbing Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : incertae sedis
Genus : Vernaya

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Zhao, S.-p., Wang, X.-m., Li, B.V., Dou, L., Liu, Y.-x., Yang, S.-y., Fan, R.-h., Jiang, Y., Li, Q., Liao, R., Hu, M., Jiang, X.-l., Liu, S.-y. and Chen, S.-d. 2023-11. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Vernaya (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae) with the description of two new species. Ecology and Evolution 13(11):e10628.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10628

Original name as described

Vernaya nushanensis

Type material

SAF 19287

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Caojian, Dali, Yunnan Province, China (99.11484° E, 25.75724 N, 2500 m a.s.l.).

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Zhao, S., Wang, X., Li, B. V., Dou, L., Liu, Y., Yang, S., ... & Chen, S. (2023). Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Vernaya (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae) with the description of two new species. Ecology and Evolution, 13(11), e10628.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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