Eospalax minshanensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Spalacidae
Subfamilia: Myospalacinae
Genus: Eospalax
Species: Eospalax minshanensis

Name

Eospalax minshanensis Liu, Zhang, He, Wang, Pan, Xu, Liao, Peng, Zhou & Liu, 2025: 6

• Holotype: SAF 98126, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Shaoying Liu on 14 September 1998.
• Type locality: “China, Sichuan Province, Pingwu County, Wanglang National Nature Reserve, 33.00279°N, 104.03212°E, 2850m”.

References

Primary references

• Liu, Y.-X., Zhang, T., He, Y., Wang, X.-M., Pan, X., Xu, R.-L., Liao, R., Peng, B.-Q., Zhou, C.-Q. & Liu, S.-Y. 2025. Re-interpreting the origin and diversification of the rodent genus Eospalax (Spalacidae, Rodentia) with description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 205(3): zlaf136. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf136 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Minshan Mountain Zokor