Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Myodes shanseius
Myodes shanseius: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Myodes shanseius: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc) as Eothenomys shanseius
Comment:
Comments: Usually regarded as a subspecies of rufocanus (G. M. Allen, 1940; Ellerman, 1941; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Gromov and Polyakov, 1977; Hinton, 1926a; Howell, 1929; Wang, 2003; Ye et al., 2002). Because adults possess rootless molars, Corbet (1978c) reassociated shanseius with Eothenomys, an allocation followed by Corbet and Hill (1992), Musser and Carleton (1993), and Pavlinov et al. (1995a). Karyotype matches that of other Myodes (Ma and Jiang, 1996). Species revised by Kaneko (19...