Eospalax minshanensis

Liu Yingxun, Zhang Tao, He Ya, Wang Xuming, Pan Xuan, Xu Ronglin, Liao Rui, Peng Buqing, Zhou Caiquan, & Liu Shaoying, 2025

Minshan Mountain Zokor

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Spalacidae
Subfamily : Myospalacinae
Tribe : Myospalacini
Genus : Eospalax

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Liu, Y.-x., Zhang, T., He, Y., Wang, X.-m., Pan, X., Xu, R.-l., Liao, R., Peng, B.-q., Zhou, C.-q. and Liu, S.-y. 2025-11-03. Re-interpreting the origin and diversification of the rodent genus Eospalax (Spalacidae, Rodentia) with description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 205(3):zlaf136.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf136

Original name as described

Eospalax minshanensis

Type material

SAF 98126

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"China, Sichuan Province, Pingwu County, Wanglang National Nature Reserve, 33.00279°N, 104.03212°E, 2850 m."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Liu, Y.-x., Zhang, T., He, Y., Wang, X.-m., Pan, X., Xu, R.-l., Liao, R., Peng, B.-q., Zhou, C.-q. and Liu, S.-y. 2025. Re-interpreting the origin and diversification of the rodent genus Eospalax (Spalacidae, Rodentia) with description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 205(3):zlaf136. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf136

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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