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Uropsilus nivatus (G. M. Allen, 1923)

Snow Mountain Shrew Mole

Authority citation: Allen, G.M. 1923-12-28. New Chinese insectivores. American Museum Novitates 100:1-11.

Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170442

Original name as described: Rhynchonax andersoni nivatus

Nominal names: nivatus (G. M. Allen, 1923) | longcaudatus (Wang Yingxiang, 2003) [nomen nudum]


Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Eulipotyphla -- Family: Talpidae -- Subfamily: Uropsilinae

Type specimen voucher catalogue number: AMNH M-44352

Type locality: "Ssu-shan [= Snow Mountain], Li-chiang [= Lijiang Range], western Yunnan, 12,000 feet [= 3658 m] altitude," China.

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

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: split from U. gracilis
Citation: Wan, T., He, K., & Jiang, X. L. (2013). Multilocus phylogeny and cryptic diversity in Asian shrew-like moles (Uropsilus, Talpidae): implications for taxonomy and conservation. BMC evolutionary biology, 13(1), 232.


Species Permalink: http://www.classic.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004355

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