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SPECIES Berylmys berdmorei

Author:Blyth, 1851.
Citation:J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 20: 173.
Common Name:Berdmore’s Berylmys
Type Locality:S Burma (S Tenasserim), Mergui.
Distribution:S China (S Yunnan; Wang, 2003; Yang and Wu, 1979; Zhang et al., 1997), S Burma, Thailand (J. T. Marshall, Jr., 1977a; Robinson et al., 1995), Cambodia, N and C Laos (Aplin et al., 2003c; Smith et al., In Press), and S Vietnam (Dang et al., 1994; Kuznetsov, 2000); also on Con Dao Isl (= Con Son Isl). Details of overall range are documented by Musser and Newcomb (1983) and Corbet and Hill (1992).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Berylmys berdmorei is the only species of Berylmys recorded from a small island (Con Dao, S Vietnam) off continental Indochina. Evolutionary history extends back to the middle Pleistocene, based on molars recovered from cave sediments in C Thailand (Chaimanee, 1998).
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Synonyms:

    magnus (Kloss, 1916)
    mullulus (Thomas, 1916)

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