Typhlomys chapensis

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: Platacanthomyidae
Genus: Typhlomys
Species: Typhlomys chapensis

Name

Typhlomys chapensis Osgood, 1932

• Holotype: BMNH 32.4.19.7, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by J. Delacour and W. Lowe on 24 November 1929.
• Type locality: “Chapa, Tonkin”.

Combinations

• Typhlomys cinereus chapensis Osgood, 1932: 298 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Typhlomys chapaensis: Abramov, Balakirev & Rozhnov, 2014: 8 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Osgood, W.H. 1932. Mammals of the Kelley-Roosevelts and Delacour Asiatic expeditions. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 18(101): 193–339. BHL Reference page. 
• Abramov, A.V., Balakirev, A.E. & Rozhnov, V.V. 2014. An enigmatic pygmy dormouse: molecular and morphological evidence for the species taxonomic status of Typhlomys chapensis (Rodentia: Platacanthomyidae). Zoological Studies 53: 34. DOI: 10.1186/s40555-014-0034-2