Uropsilus huanggangensis

Chen Zhongzheng, Jiang Xuelong, & Ren Xueyang in Ren Xueyang, Xu Yifan, Li Yixian, Yao Hongfeng, Fang Yi, Khanal, Cheng Lin, Zeng Wei, Jiang Xuelong, & Chen Zhongzheng, 2023

Huangang 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

Ren, X.-y., Xu, Y.-f., Li, Y.-x., Yao, H.-f., Fang, Y., Khanal, L., Cheng, L., Zeng, W., Jiang, X.-l. and Chen, Z.-z. 2023-12-07. A new species of shrew moles, genus Uropsilus Milne-Edwards, 1871 (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Talpidae), from the Wuyi Mountains, Jiangxi Province, eastern China. ZooKeys 1186:25-46.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1186.111592

Original name as described

Uropsilus huanggangensis

Type material

AHNU 2022013

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mount Huanggang, Wuyishan National Park, Jiangxi Province, China (27°58'53"N, 117°47'2.4"E, altitude 2061 m a.s.l.)."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Ren, X., Xu, Y., Li, Y., Yao, H., Fang, Y., Khanal, L., ... & Chen, Z. (2023). A new species of shrew moles, genus Uropsilus Milne-Edwards, 1871 (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Talpidae), from the Wuyi Mountains, Jiangxi Province, eastern China. ZooKeys, 1186, 25-46.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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