Neodon sikimensis

Horsfield, 1851

Sikkim Mountain Vole

Also as Sikkim Vole.
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Location:Nepal, Western region, Dhawalagiri zone, Myagdi district, Ghorepani, Annapurna Conservation AreaDate taken:28 July 2013Description:Also as Sikkim Vole.

Distribution :

Himalayas from W to E Nepal, through NE India (Sikkim and Darjeeling Dist.) to E Bhutan; also SC and E Xizang.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2583

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Tribe: Arvicolini
Genus: Neodon
Subgenus: Neodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Horsfield, T. 1851. A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company. J. & H. Cox, London, 212 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832443

Original name as described

Neodon sikimensis

Other common names

Sikkim Vole

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.395

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/22cd3c40-a651-48e8-aa5d-70f21aa40742

Type locality

Sikkim, India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Bhutan · China · India · Nepal

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002120

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 13 names and synonyms.

Neodon sikimensis

Horsfield, 1849

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sikimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

203

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22065738

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Neodon sikimensis

Horsfield, 1851

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sikimensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.395

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Hab. Sikim, Hodgson.

Type locality

India: Sikkim.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/22cd3c40-a651-48e8-aa5d-70f21aa40742

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832443

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Horsfield (1857:401, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)
Jerdon (1867:217, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37300038) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Smith & Xie (2008:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Abramson, Bodrov, Bondareva, Genelt-Yanovskiy & Petrova (2021:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59735)
Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13457/22330767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Neodon sikimmensis:

E. Blyth, 1853

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sikimmensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

409

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40267895

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blyth (1853:409, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40267895) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67348)

Arvicola nigrescens

B. H. Hodgson in J. E. Gray, 1863

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nigrescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

11

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Bicunedens perfuscus

J. E. Gray, 1863

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

perfuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

11

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Neodon sikhimensis:

E. Blyth, 1863

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sikhimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534806

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Arvicola thricolis

B. H. Hodgson in J. E. Gray, 1863

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

thricolis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Original type locality

Darjiling, in woods near houses

Type locality

India: West Bengal.

Authority page

10

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola thricotis:

Jerdon, 1867

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

thricotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · nomen_nudum

Authority page

216

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37300035

Authority publication

Roorkee

Name usages

Jerdon (1867:216, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37300035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
Kryštufek & Shenbrot (2022:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59729)

Arvicola sikimensis:

Blanford, 1881

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sikimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35598037

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blanford (1881:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35598037) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69329)

Microtus sikkimensis:

G. S. Miller, 1896

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

sikkimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811355

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Miller (1896:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14564)

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