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:
Neodon irene
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1966-07-01 / 1966-07-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946, 2nd edition
Page(s):
810
Publisher:
Alden Press
Publication Place:
Oxford, England
ISBN/ISSN:
0565004484/
Notes:
Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8727652
Reference for:
Neodon irene
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Liu, Shao Ying, Zhi Yu Sun, Yang Liu, Hao Wang, Peng Guo, and Robert W. Murphy
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2012-03-15 / 2012-03-15
Article/Chapter Title:
A new vole from Xizang, China and the molecular phylogeny of the genus Neodon (Cricetidae: Arvicolinae)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Zootaxa, issue 3235
Page(s):
1-22
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1175-5326
Notes:
Available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/2/zt03235p022.pdf
Reference for:
Neodon irene
Neodon irene: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Neodon irene: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc) as Microtus irene
Comment:
Comments: Member of the sikimensis species group (Zagorodnyuk, 1990). Ellerman (1941, 1947b, 1961) and Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) listed irene as a valid species, but Weigel (1969) allocated it to Pitymys sikimensis as did Corbet (1978c), citing Gruber's (1969) 'detailed study' as substantiation. However, the union of irene and sikimensis is insufficiently demonstrated by Gruber's study, whose data actually underscore the trenchant differences in size and dentition between the two. Ellerman (...