Nepalese mountain vole | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
Genus: | Neodon |
Species: | N. nepalensis |
Binomial name | |
Neodon nepalensis Pradhan, Sharma, Sherchan, Chhetri, Shrestha, & Kilpatrick, 2019 [1] | |
The Nepalese mountain vole (Neodon nepalensis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. [2] It is found only in China. [2]
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