| Liao Rui's mountain vole | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Genus: | Neodon |
| Species: | N. liaoruii |
| Binomial name | |
| Neodon liaoruii Liu, Zhou, Murphy, & Liu, 2022 [1] | |
Liao Rui's mountain vole (Neodon liaoruii) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. [2] It is found only in China. [2]
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