Typhlomys taxuansis

A. Balakirev, B. Phuong, & Rozhnov, 2024

Southern Tree Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Platacanthomyidae
Genus : Typhlomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Balakirev, A., Phuong, B. and Rozhnov, V.V. 2024-10-29. _Typhlomys taxuansis_ (Rodentia, Platacanthomyidae): new species of the genus from northern Vietnam with notes on conservation status and distribution. Biodiversity Data Journal 12(e133363):1-21.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e133363

Original name as described

Typhlomys taxuansis

Other common names

Southern Blind Tree Mouse

Type material

ZMMU S-210284

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Ta Xua Nature Reserve, prov Son La, Vietnam; higherGeography: Asia; continent: Asia; country: Vietnam; countryCode: VN; stateProvince: Son La; county: Bac Yen; locality: 4 km east from Y Xoa Homestay; verbatimLocality: 4 km east from Y Xoa Homestay; minimumElevationInMeters: 2000; maximumElevationInMeters: 2200; decimalLatitude: 21.32218; decimalLongitude: 104.495873."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Vietnam

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Balakirev, A., Phuong, B. and Rozhnov, V.V. 2024-10-29. _Typhlomys taxuansis_ (Rodentia, Platacanthomyidae): new species of the genus from northern Vietnam with notes on conservation status and distribution. Biodiversity Data Journal 12(e133363):1-21.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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