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Superordo: Euarchontoglires
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Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Arvicolinae
Tribus: Microtini
Genus: Mictomicrotus
Species: Mictomicrotus liangshanensis
Name

Mictomicrotus liangshanensis (Liu, Sun, Zeng & Zhao, 2007)

Holotype: SAF Mabian-003, adult ♂, skin with cleaned skull, collected by Shaoying Liu on 15 April 2000.
Type locality: “Mabian Dafengding National Nature Reserve, eastern side of Dafengding Mountain, Mabian County, southwestern Sichuan Province, 221.5 km west and 80 km south of Chengdu City (straight-line distance), 28°42′26″N, 103°19′31″E, elevation 2,560 m”.

Combinations

Proedromys liangshanensis Liu, Sun, Zeng & Zhao, 2007: 1172 [original combination]
Mictomicrotus liangshanensis: Kryštufek & Shenbrot, 2022: 213 [subsequent combination]

References
Primary references

Liu, S.-Y., Sun, Z.-Y., Zeng, Z.-Y. & Zhao, E.-M. 2007. A new Vole ( Cricetidae: Arvicolinae: Proedromys) from the Liangshan Mountains of Sichuan Province, China. Journal of Mammalogy 88(5): 1170–1178. DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-141R2.1 Open access Reference page.
Kryštufek, B. & Shenbrot, G.I. 2022. Voles and Lemmings (Arvicolinae) of the Palaearctic Region. University of Maribor Press: Maribor. 449 pp. hdl: 20.500.12657/57647 Reference page.

Links

Johnston, C. & Smith, A.T. 2016. IUCN: Mictomicrotus liangshanensis (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136459A22379536. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136459A22379536.en. Accessed on 07 May 2023.

Vernacular names
English: Liangshan Vole

The Liangshan vole (Mictomicrotus liangshanensis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It used to be placed in Proedromys, but has been moved to Mictomicrotus, where it is the sole member of its genus.[3] It is found only in mountainous parts of central China.[1]
References

Johnston, C.; Smith, A.T. (2016). "Proedromys liangshanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136459A22379536. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136459A22379536.en.
Liu, S.; Sun, Z.; Zeng, Z.; Zhao, E. (2007). "A new vole ( Cricetidae: Arvicolinae: Proedromys) from the Liangshan Mountains of Sichuan Province, China". Journal of Mammalogy. 88 (5): 1170–1178. doi:10.1644/06-MAMM-A-141R2.1. S2CID 59409584.
"Mictomicrotus liangshanensis". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 1.11. American Society of Mammalogists.

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