Cansumys canus G. M. Allen 1928
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Cansumys canus G. M. Allen 1928
Cansumys canus G. M. Allen 1928, J. Mammal., 9: 245.
Type Locality: China, S Gansu Prov., Jonê (=Choni or Cho-Ni), "around 2500 m " (Corbet and Hill, 1992:393).
Vernacular Names: Gansu Hamster.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality and possibly Henan Prov., NC and EC China; limits unresolved.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Viewed either as a form of Cricetulus triton (Corbet, 1978 c; Ellerman, 1941; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951) or as a valid species of Cansumys (Corbet and Hill, 1991, 1992; Musser and Carleton, 1993; Pavlinov et al., 1995 a). Zhang et al. (1997) and Wang (2003) included Shaanxi Prov. within the distribution of canus (as a species of Cricetulus or Cansumys, respectively) because they regarded ningshaanensis as its subspecies; in fact, Song (1985) had described ningshaanensis from Shaanxi as a subspecies of Tscherskia triton. The tail in ningshaanensis has a longer white segment and is longer relative to head and body as compared with triton, but no other features in the original description implicate ningshaanensis as a form of canus. Cansumys canus possesses long semi-hypsodont molar rows (6.4-6.6 mm; based on the holotype and two topotypes in AMNH and FMNH), but ningshaanensis has shorter toothrows (4.7-5.7 mm), well within the range characteristic of T. triton. The occurrence of C. canus in Henan Prov., as reported by Lu and Wang (1996), also requires reverification.
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- G. M. Allen
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Cansumys
- Species
- canus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Cansumys canus Allen, 1928 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1992. Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 488 pp.
- Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.
- Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp.
- Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.
- Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1991. A world list of mammalian species. Third ed. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 243 pp.
- Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., xviii + 1206 pp.
- Pavlinov, I. Ya, E. L. Yakhontov, and A. K. Agadzhanyan. 1995 a. [Mammals of Eurasia. I. Rodentia. Taxonomic and geographic guide.] Archives of the Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, 32: 289 pp. (in Russian).
- Zhang, Y., S. Jin, G. Quan, S. Li, Z. Ye, F. Wang, and M. Zhang. 1997. Distribution of mammalian species in China. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 280 pp.
- Wang, Y. 2003. A complete checklist of mammal species and subspecies in China. A taxonomic and geographic reference. China Forestry Publishing House, (Beijing), 394 pp.
- Song, S. 1985. [A new subspecies of Cricetulus triton from Shaanxi, China.] Acta Theriologica Sinica, 5 (2): 137 - 139 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- Lu, J., and T. Wang. 1996. [Studies on the glires (Rodentia and Lagomorpha) fauna and its division of Henan Province.] Acta Theriologica Sinica, 16 (2): 119 - 128 (in Chinese with English abstract).