Neodon linzhiensis, Liu Shaoying et al., 2012

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Cricetidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 204-535 : 323

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6707142

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6711510

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F06D13-FF80-2049-084F-105B0082F839

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scientific name

Neodon linzhiensis
status

 

104. View Plate 12: Cricetidae

Linzhi Mountain Vole

Neodon linzhiensis View in CoL

French: Campagnol de Linzhi / German: Linzhi-Felswiihimaus / Spanish: Topillo de montana de Linzhi

Taxonomy. Neodon linzhiensis Liu Shaoying et al., 2012 View in CoL , Gongbu Nature Reserve, E Linzhi, Xizang, China.

This species is monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from five localities in SE Tibet [= Xizang], S China. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 92-115 mm, tail 24-39 mm, ear 12-15 mm, hindfoot 16— 20 mm; weight 26-48 g. Back of the Linzhi Mountain Vole is black-brown, which blends into black-gray underpart. Dorsal tail is black-brown, and undersideis light gray-white. Forelimbs are black-gray, and hindlimbs are dark gray. Females have eight mammae. Skull is robust, with straight dorsal profile. Temporal ridges are very distinct and mergeto interorbital crest. M, has five closed triangles.

Habitat. Abandoned farmland and along footpath ofrice field where highland barley was grown at elevations of 3640-3890 m.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List.

Bibliography. Engelbrektsson (2016a), Liu Shaoying, Sun Zhiyu et al. (2012).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Neodon

Loc

Neodon linzhiensis

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017
2017
Loc

Neodon linzhiensis

Liu Shaoying 2012
2012
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