Alticola yarlungius
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Arvicolinae
Tribus: Clethrionomyini
Genus: Alticola
Subgenus: Alticola (Alticola)
Species: Alticola yarlungius
Name
[edit]Alticola yarlungius Tang, Qiu, Peng & Liu in Tang et al., 2025: 2399
- Holotype: SAF 230697 (field number XZ23458), adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Rui Liao and colaborators on 27 August 2023.
- Type locality: “in shrub habitat near Naijiaxiongqu (stream), Xibaxiaqu River, a right tributary of Yarlung Zangbo River... San’anqulin Township, Longzi County, Lhoka City, Tibet Autonomous Region, China (28.59838°N, 92.92745°E; 4,022 m elev)”.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Tang, M.-K., Qiu, H., Peng, B.-Q., Liao, R., Murphy, R.W., Wang, X.-M., Pan, X., Wang, X. & 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
Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Yarlung Zangbo Mountain Vole