Neodon lhozhagensis

S.-Y. Wang, Y.-X. Li, Li Quan, Song Wenyu, Wang Hongjiao, He Shuiwang, Otieno Onditi, Khanal, Li Xueyou, Chen Zhongzheng, & Jiang Xuelong, 2024

Lhozhag Mountain Vole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Tribe : Microtini
Genus : Neodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Wang, S.-Y., Li, Y.-X., Li, Q., Song, W.-y., Wang, H.-j., He, S.-w., Otieno Onditi, K., Khanal, L., Li, X.-y., Chen, Z.-z. and Jiang, X.-l. 2024. A new species of mountain vole (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Neodon) from south Xizang, China. Zoological Research 1(4):282-289.

Original name as described

Neodon lhozhagensis

Type material

KIZ 042896

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Lakang Township, Lhozhag County, south Xizang, China (N28.104°, E91.139°, 3  729 m above sea level (a.s.l.))."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Wang, S. Y., Li, Y. X., Li, Q., Song, W. Y., Wang, H. J., He, S. W., ... & Jiang, X. L. (2024). A new species of mountain vole (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Neodon) from south Xizang, China. Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation, 1(4), 282-289.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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