Typhlomys zhengkuni

Zhang Tao, Liu Shaoying, & Chen Shunde in Zhang Tao, Hu Zhengkun, Zou Qingfang, Gu Lin, Zhuang, Gu Pengxi, Zhan Jiali, Mi, Liu Shaoying, & Chen Shunde, 2026

Fanjing Mountain Tree Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Platacanthomyidae
Genus: Typhlomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Zhang, T., Hu, Z.-k., Zou, Q.-f., Gu, L., Zhuang, W., Gu, P.-x., Zhan, J.-l., Mi, X., Liu, S.-y. and Chen, S.-d. 2026-04-08. A new species of the genus Typhlomys Milne-Edwards, 1877 (Rodentia, Platacanthomyidae) from Fanjing Mountain, Guizhou, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 102(2):659-670.

Authority publication link

Original name as described

Typhlomys zhengkuni

Type material

SCNU 04927

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Shiyue Huaitai Shu (十月怀胎树 in Chinese) of Fanjing Mountain, Guizhou, China (27.912108°N, 108.675964°E, 2079 m a.s.l.)"

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Zhang, T., Hu, Z.-k., Zou, Q.-f., Gu, L., Zhuang, W., Gu, P.-x., Zhan, J.-l., Mi, X., Liu, S.-y. and Chen, S.-d. 2026. A new species of the genus Typhlomys Milne-Edwards, 1877 (Rodentia, Platacanthomyidae) from Fanjing Mountain, Guizhou, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 102(2):659-670. doi:10.3897/zse.102.181212

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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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: 1 name and synonym.

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