Pitymys sikimensis (Hodgson, 1849)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Hodgson (1849): Pitymys sikimensis. Ann . Mag . Nat . Hist., ser. 2 3
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Cricetidae
- genus
- Neodon
- species
- Neodon sikimensis
discussion
COMMENT: Subgenus Neodon; see Chaline, 1974. Includes irene; see Corbet, 1978: 107, but Gromov and Polyakov, 1977: 256, considered irene a distinct species. Martin, R. A., 1974, in Webb, ed „ Pleistocene Mammals of Florida, p. 60, considered Neodon a distinct genus; also see Martin, R. A., 1979, Evol. Monogr., 2.
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Himalayas from Nepal to N. Burma, Szechwan, and S. Kansu (China).
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: India, Sikkim, no exact locality.
Name
- Homonyms
- Pitymys sikimensis (Hodgson, 1849)