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--> GENUS Eothenomys
SPECIES Eothenomys custos
Author: | Thomas, 1912. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 9: 517. | Common Name: | Southwest China Red-backed Vole | Type Locality: | China, Yunnan, A-tun-tsi (= Dequen Xian; see Kaneko, 1996b for additional information), 11,500-12,500 ft (3505-3810 m). | Distribution: | Recorded only "from the extreme north-west of Yunnan, the Likiang Range, the loop of the Jinsha Jiang River, and from central Sichuan," 2500-4800 m (Kaneko, 1996b:108). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | E. chinensis species group. Listed as a species of Anteliomys by Hinton (1926a). Whether in Eothenomys or Anteliomys, this distinct Chinese endemic has always been recognized as a species in faunal reports and checklists. Kaneko (1996b) explained why the holotypes of hintoni and rubelius represent examples of E. custos; inclusion of cangshanensis and ninglangensis follows Ye et al. (2002). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
cangshanensis Wang and Li, 2000 hintoni Osgood, 1932 ninglangensis Wang and Li, 2000 rubelius Hinton, 1932 rubellus (G. M. Allen, 1924)
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