Neodon nepalensis

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Arvicolinae
Genus: Neodon
Species: Neodon nepalensis

Name

Neodon nepalensis Pradhan, Sharma, Sherchan, Chhetri, Shrestha & Kilpatrick, 2019: 18

• Holotype: FMNH 142081, adult ♀, skin with removed skull, collected by R.M. Mitchell on 3 February 1969.
• Type locality: “Nepal, Dolpo District, Dhorpatan, 8,950 ft (UTM R44-703810-3159902; N 28°33’ E 83°05’)”.

References

Primary references

• Pradhan, N., Sharma, A.N., Sherchan, A.M., Chhetri, S., Shrestha, P. & Kilpatrick, C.W. 2019. Further assessment of the Genus Neodon and the description of a new species from Nepal. PLoS ONE 14(7): e0219157. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219157 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Nepalese Mountain Vole