Uropsilus fansipanensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla

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: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Talpidae
Subfamilia: Uropsilinae
Genus: Uropsilus
Species: Uropsilus fansipanensis

Name

Uropsilus fansipanensis Hai, Okabe, Linh, Ngan & Motokawa, 2023: 62

• Holotype: IEBR 8101, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Masaharu Motokawa on 1 May 2022.
• Type locality: “Mount Fansipan, Hoang Lien National Park, close to the 2900-m camping station (22°18.804 N and 103°45.92 E), Lao Cai Province, Vietnam”.

References

Primary references

• Hai, B.T., Okabe, S., Linh, L.H.T., Ngan, N.T. & Motokawa, M. A new shrew mole species of the genus Uropsilus (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae) from northwestern Vietnam. Zootaxa 5339(1): 59–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5339.1.3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Fansipan Shrew Mole