Biology:Père David's vole: Difference between revisions
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Short description: Species of rodent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Eothenomys |
| Species: | E. melanogaster
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| Eothenomys melanogaster (Milne-Edwards, 1871)
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Père David's vole (Eothenomys melanogaster) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China , Myanmar, Taiwan, and Thailand. This species is a member of the melanogaster group, one of the two main groups of Eothenomys voles. Its dorsal pelage is dark brown, often nearly black, and the ventral pelage is gray, sometimes brown. The tail is shorter than the body. This species is found in pine/rhododendron forests.
References
- ↑ Lunde, D.; Musser, G.; Molur, S. (2008). "Eothenomys melanogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/7801/0/0. Retrieved 28 May 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
- 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.
- Smith, A.T and Xie, Y. 2008. A guide to the mammals of China. Princeton University Press, New Jersey.
Wikidata ☰ Q305848 entry
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