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Neodon medogensis Liu Shaoying, Jin Wei, Liu Yang, R. W. Murphy, Lü Bin, Hao Haibang, Liao Rui, Sun Zhiyu, Tang Mingkun, Chen Weicai, & Fu Jianrong, 2016

Medog Mountain Vole

Authority citation: Liu, S.-y., Jin, W., Liu, Y., Murphy, R.W., Lü, B., Hao, H.-b., Liao, R., Sun, Z.-y., Tang, M.-k., Chen, W.-c. and Fu, J.-r. 2016-11-16. Taxonomic position of Chinese voles of the tribe Arvicolini and the description of 2 new species from Xizang, China. Journal of Mammalogy 98(1):166-182.

Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyw170

Original name as described: Neodon medogensis

Nominal names: medogensis Liu Shaoying, Jin Wei, Liu Yang, R. W. Murphy, Lü Bin, Hao Haibang, Liao Rui, Sun Zhiyu, Tang Mingkun, Chen Weicai, & Fu Jianrong, 2016


Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Cricetidae -- Subfamily: Arvicolinae -- Tribe: Microtini

Type specimen voucher catalogue number: SAF 08810

Type locality: Mêdog County, Xizang, China.

Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): China (CHN)

Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated


Species-specific notes: recently described
Citation: Liu, S., Jin, W., Murphy, R.W., Lv, B., Hao, H., Liao, R., Sun, Z., Tang, M., Chen, W., Fu, J. 2016. Taxonomic position of Chinese voles of the tribe Arvicolini and the description of 2 new species from Xizang, China. Journal of Mammalogy 1-17.


Species Permalink: http://www.classic.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002117

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