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plateau vole
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Genus: Neodon
Species:
N. fuscus
Binomial name
Neodon fuscus
(Büchner, 1889)

The plateau vole (Neodon fuscus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It was originally listed as Lasiopodomys, but was moved to Neodon in 2012. [2] It is found only in China. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.

References

  1. ^ Johnston, C.; Smith, A.T. (2019). "Lasiopodomys fuscus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T11341A22351731. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T11341A22351731.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ LIU, SHAO YING; SUN, ZHI YU; LIU, YANG; WANG, HAO; GUO, PENG; MURPHY, ROBERT W. (2012-03-15). "A new vole from Xizang, China and the molecular phylogeny of the genus Neodon (Cricetidae: Arvicolinae)". Zootaxa. 3235 (1): 1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3235.1.1. ISSN  1175-5334.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.