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
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/zlaf136Original 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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