Breviforamen shannanense
Z.-X. Zhu, Jiang Xuelong, Li Quan, & Chen Zhongzheng in Z.-X. Zhu, Li Quan, Song Wenyu, Li Xueyou, A. Lissovsky, M.-Y. Wang, X.-X. Pei, Luo Kang, Luo Jing, M.-J. Pu, Pu Changzhe, Wang Hongjiao, Liu Zhu, Chen Zhongzheng, & Jiang Xuelong, 2025
Short-foramen Birch Mouse
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Dipodoidea |
| Family | : Sminthidae |
| Genus | : Breviforamen |
Species status
Authority citation
Zhu, Z.-X., Li, Q., Song, W.-y., Li, X.-y., Lissovsky, A., Wang, M.-Y., Pei, X.-X., Luo, K., Luo, J., Pu, M.-J., Pu, C.-z., Wang, H.-j., Liu, Z., Chen, Z.-z. and Jiang, X.-l. 2025-07-01. Discovery of an ancient Himalayan birch mouse lineage illuminates the evolution of the family Sicistidae (Rodentia: Dipodoidea), with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Zoological Research 46(4):921-938.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2025.013Original name as described
Breviforamen shannanensis
Other common names
Shannan Short-foramen Birch Mouse
Type material
KIZ 42965
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Zhari Township, Longzi County, Shannan City, Xizang Autonomous Region, China (N28.701°, E93.178°) at 3900 m above mean sea level (a.s.l.). (中国西藏自治区山南市隆子县扎日乡 in Chinese)."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
China
Taxonomy notes
recently described genus and species; the specific epithet was originally spelt 'shannanensis', however, given that the epithet is an adjective and the genus is neuter, the name should be spelt 'shannanense', which is done here
Taxonomy notes citation
Zhu, Z.-X., Li, Q., Song, W.-y., Li, X.-y., Lissovsky, A., Wang, M.-Y., Pei, X.-X., Luo, K., Luo, J., Pu, M.-J., Pu, C.-z., Wang, H.-j., Liu, Z., Chen, Z.-z. and Jiang, X.-l. 2025-07-01. Discovery of an ancient Himalayan birch mouse lineage illuminates the evolution of the family Sicistidae (Rodentia: Dipodoidea), with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. Zoological Research 46(4):921-938.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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