Rhizomys sinensis Gray 1831
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Rhizomys sinensis Gray 1831
Rhizomys sinensis Gray 1831, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1831: 95.
Type Locality: China, Guangdon, near Canton.
Vernacular Names: Chinese Bamboo Rat.
Synonyms: Rhizomys chinensis Swinhoe 1870; Rhizomys davidi Thomas 1911; Rhizomys neowardi Wang 2003; Rhizomys pediculus Wang 2003; Rhizomys reductus Dao and Cao 1990; Rhizomys vestitus Milne-Edwards 1871; Rhizomys wardi Thomas 1921.
Distribution: S China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, north to S Gansu and S Shaanxi, east and south through Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Anhui, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi; G. M. Allen, 1940; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Wang, 1990; Zhang et al., 1997; Zheng and Zhang, 1990), N Burma (Ellerman, 1961), and N Vietnam (Dang et al., 1994).
Conservation: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992); G. M. Allen (1940) and Ellerman (1961) offered excellent portrayals concerning morphology, distribution, taxonomy, and ecology. Dao and Cao (1990) described reductus as a subspecies of R. sinensis from N Vietnam. Corbet and Hill (1992) listed troglodytes, which is based on Chinese fossils, in the synonymy of R. sinensis following Cao (1985), but Zheng (1993) documented fossils identified as R. sinensis and R. troglodytes from Pleistocene cave sediments in the Sichuan-Guizhou region. Wang (2003) recognized R. wardi as a species, with neowardi as subspecies.
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Gray
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Spalacidae
- Genus
- Rhizomys
- Species
- sinensis
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- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Rhizomys sinensis Gray, 1831 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- 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.
- Dao Van Tien, and Cao Van Sung. 1990. Six new Vietnamese rodents. Mammalia, 54: 233 - 238.
- 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.
- 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.
- Zheng Tao and Zhang Ying-mei. 1990. [The fauna and geographical division on Glires of Gansu province.] Acta Theriologica Sinica, 10 (2): 137 - 144.
- Ellerman, J. R. 1961. Rodentia. Volume 3, in The fauna of India including Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon. Mammalia. Second ed. Manager of Publications, Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, vol. 3 (in 2 parts), 1: 1 - 482; 2: 483 - 884.
- Dang, H. H., D. V. T. Dao, V. S. Cao, T. A. Pham, and M. K. Hoang. 1994. [Checklist of mammals in Vietnam.] Publishing House " Science and Technics ", Hanoi, 167 pp. (in Vietnamese).
- Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1992. Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 488 pp.
- Cao, V. S. 1985. Sur les rats du bambou (Rhizomyidae) au Vietnam. Mammalia, 48: 606 - 607.
- Zheng, S. 1993. [Quaternary rodents of Sichuan-Guizhou area, China.] Science Press, Beijing, 270 pp (in Chinese, with English summary).