Eospalax muliensis

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: Spalacidae
Subfamilia: Myospalacinae
Genus: Eospalax
Species: Eospalax muliensis

Name

Eospalax muliensis Zhang, Chen & Shi in Zhang et al., 2022: 336

• Holotype: KIZ 040324, adult ♀, skin, skull and carcass, collected by Zhong-zheng Chen, Tao Zhang, Hao Zhou and Meng-long Lei on 21 April 2021.
• Type locality: “Kangwu Ranch (N28.135°, E101.196°), Muli County, Sichuan Province, China, adjacent to Shangri-La Lake at an altitude of ~3 700 m”.

References

Primary references

• Zhang, T., Lei, M.-L., Zhou, H., Chen, Z.-Z. & Shi, P. 2022. Phylogenetic relationships of the zokor genus Eospalax (Mammalia, Rodentia, Spalacidae) inferred from whole-genome analyses, with description of a new species endemic to Hengduan Mountains. Zoological Research 43(3): 331–342. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.045 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Muli Zokor