plateau vole | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
Genus: | Neodon |
Species: | N. fuscus |
Binomial name | |
Neodon fuscus (Büchner, 1889) | |
The plateau vole (Neodon fuscus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It was originally listed as Lasiopodomys, but was moved to Neodon in 2012. [2] It is found only in China. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.
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Pratt's vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Mount Emei, Sichuan, China. It was named in 1891 for Antwerp Edgar Pratt.
The Southwest China vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Yunnan and Sichuan, China. It occurs in Cangshan Erhai Nature Reserve.
Brandt's vole,, also known as the steppe vole, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is native to shrublands and grasslands in Russia, Mongolia and northern China.
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Blyth's vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It was previously the only species in the genus Phaiomys, but was moved to Neodon in 2016. It is found in mountainous regions in northern India, Nepal and China. It is a burrowing rodent and lives in small colonies. It has a wide distribution and faces no particular threats so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".
The Mongolian vole is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, Mongolia, and Russia.
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