Alticola yarlungius

M. K. Tang, H. Qiu, B. Q. Peng, & S. Y. Liu in M. K. Tang, H. Qiu, B. Q. Peng, Liao Rui, R. W. Murphy, X. M. Wang, Pan Xuan, Wang Xin, & S. Y. Liu, 2025

Yarlung Zangbo Mountain Vole

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Tang, M.K., Qiu, H., Peng, B.Q., Liao, R., Murphy, R.W., Wang, X.M., Pan, X., Wang, X. and Liu, S.Y. 2025-12-03. A new species of Alticola (Mammalia, Rodentia, Arvicolinae) from southern Tibet, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(4):2387-2403.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.170704

Original name as described

Alticola yarlungia

Type material

SAF 230697

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"San'anqulin Township, Longzi County, Lhoka City, Tibet Autonomous Region, China (28.59838°N, 92.92745°E; 4, 022 m elev)."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

recently described; originally spelt 'yarlungia', but the spelling should be changed to 'yarlungius' to match the generic gender since it is an adjective

Taxonomy notes citation

Tang, M.K., Qiu, H., Peng, B.Q., Liao, R., Murphy, R.W., Wang, X.M., Pan, X., Wang, X. and Liu, S.Y. 2025. A new species of Alticola (Mammalia, Rodentia, Arvicolinae) from southern Tibet, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(4):2387-2403. doi:10.3897/zse.101.170704

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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