Mictomicrotus liangshanensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Arvicolinae
Tribus: Microtini
Genus: Mictomicrotus
Species: Mictomicrotus liangshanensis

Name

Mictomicrotus liangshanensis (Liu, Sun, Zeng & Zhao, 2007)

• Holotype: SAF Mabian-003, adult ♂, skin with cleaned skull, collected by Shaoying Liu on 15 April 2000.
• Type locality: “Mabian Dafengding National Nature Reserve, eastern side of Dafengding Mountain, Mabian County, southwestern Sichuan Province, 221.5 km west and 80 km south of Chengdu City (straight-line distance), 28°42′26″N, 103°19′31″E, elevation 2,560 m”.

Combinations

• Proedromys liangshanensis Liu, Sun, Zeng & Zhao, 2007: 1172 [original combination]
• Mictomicrotus liangshanensis: Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022: 213 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Liu, S.-Y., Sun, Z.-Y., Zeng, Z.-Y. & Zhao, E.-M. 2007. A new Vole (Cricetidae: Arvicolinae: Proedromys) from the Liangshan Mountains of Sichuan Province, China. Journal of Mammalogy 88(5): 1170–1178. DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-141R2.1 Reference page. 
• Kryštufek, B. & Shenbrot, G.I. 2022. Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor Press: Maribor. 449 pp. hdl: 20.500.12657/57647 Reference page. 

Links

• Johnston, C. & Smith, A.T. 2016. IUCN: Mictomicrotus liangshanensis  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136459A22379536. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136459A22379536.en. Accessed on 07 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Liangshan Vole