A new vole (Cricetidae: Arvicolinae: Proedromys) from the Liangshan Mountains of Sichuan Province, China

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1170-1178

  Liu, Shaoying ^a,b   Sun, Zhiyu ^b   Zeng, Zongyong ^a   Zhao, Ermi ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN ACADEMY OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Arvicolinae; China; Microtus; Proedromys; Sichuan

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT TYPE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; RODENT; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIANGSHAN MOUNTAINS; MABIAN DAFENGDING NATURE RESERVE; MEIGU DAFENGDING NATURE RESERVE; SICHUAN;

ABIES; ARVICOLINAE; BACULUM; CRICETIDAE; GLANS; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MURIDAE; PICEA; PROEDROMYS;

EID: 35548953659     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-141R2.1     Document Type: Article

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