Chiropodomys wandingensis

Li Song & Qian Yishun in Y.-S. Qian, Mou Xin, Liu Shuo, & Li Song, 2026

Wanding Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Hydromyini
Genus: Chiropodomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Qian, Y.-S., Mou, X., Liu, S. and Li, S. 2026-07. A New Pencil-Tailed Tree Mouse Chiropodomys wandingensis sp. nov. (Rodentia: Muridae) From Yunnan, China. Ecology and Evolution 16(7):e73991.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73991

Original name as described

Chiropodomys wandingensis

Type material

KIZ 20220150

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Wanding Town, Ruili City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (24.11° N, 98.12° E; elevation: 1174 m)."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Qian, Y.-S., Mou, X., Liu, S. and Li, S. 2026. A New Pencil-Tailed Tree Mouse Chiropodomys wandingensis sp. nov. (Rodentia: Muridae) From Yunnan, China. Ecology and Evolution 16(7):e73991. doi:10.1002/ece3.73991

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1007064

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