Pitymys leucurus (Blyth, 1863)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Blyth (1863): Pitymys leucurus. J . Asiat. Soc. Bengal 32
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Cricetidae
- genus
- Neodon
- species
- Neodon leucurus
discussion
COMMENT: Subgenus Phaiomys; see Chaline, 1974; or subgenus Neodon; see Gromov and Polyakov, 1977: 252. Corbet, 1978: 107, included strauchi, which Van der Meulen, 1978, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 47: 101 - 145, listed as a distinct species. If Pitymys were considered a subgenus of Microtus, leucurus would be preoccupied by leucurus Gerbe, 1852, now included in M. nivalis; M. leucurus Blyth would then be called M. blythi (Blanford, 1875) (WDS). Martin, R. A., 1974, in Webb, ed., Pleistocene Mammals of Florida, p. 60, considered Phaiomys a distinct genus. Includes fuscus, considered a separate species of Microtus (Lasiopodomys) by Zheng and Wang, 1980, Acta Zootax. Sin., 5 (l): 106 — 111; but also see Corbet, 1978: 107.
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Tsinghai, Sinkiang, and Tibet (China) (SW), and the Himalayas west to Kashmir.
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: India, Ladak, near Lake Chomoriri (= Tsomoriri).
Name
- Homonyms
- Pitymys leucurus (Blyth, 1863)