Mammal Species of the World Logo

 

HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA  --> ORDER RODENTIA  --> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA  --> FAMILY Gliridae  --> SUBFAMILY Leithiinae  --> GENUS Dryomys

SPECIES Dryomys niethammeri

Author:Holden, 1996.
Citation:Bonn. Zool. Bieträge, 46(1-4): 116.
Common Name:Niethammer’s Forest Dormouse
Type Locality:Pakistan, Baluchistan Prov., 1 mi. (1.6 km) E of Ziarat
Distribution:Pakistan, NE Baluchistan; limits unknown.
Status:IUCN – Vulnerable.
Comments:Known only from three specimens, although an additional five specimens may exist in the collections of the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (T. J. Roberts, A. Mian, pers. comm.). Though D. niethammeri is larger than D. laniger, and differs in other proportions, both species have relatively inflated auditory bullae, a character that may be convergent (Holden, 1996a). Reviewed by Rossolimo et al. (2001). A much needed critical revision of D. nitedula should include phylogenetic comparisons with D. laniger and D. niethammeri to elucidate intrageneric relationships (see Holden, 1996a).
EXPORT AS CSV Back to search results

Offspring:

Synonyms:


  Bucknell Home Page   Biology Department Home Page

 

©Bucknell Univesity All Rights Reserved
Comments and questions to dreeder@bucknell.edu