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Forrest's mountain vole

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Forrest's mountain vole[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Neodon
Species:
N. forresti
Binomial name
Neodon forresti
Hinton, 1923

Forrest's mountain vole (Neodon forresti) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found within China in northwest Yunnan. The initial study by Hinton in 1923 identified it as morphologically close to the Chinese scrub vole (N. irene) but with a larger body size and longer and darker pelage.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Johnston, C.; Smith, A.T. (2016). "Neodon forresti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136554A22331098. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136554A22331098.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.