Chapa pygmy dormouse
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| Chapa pygmy dormouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Platacanthomyidae |
| Genus: | Typhlomys |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | T. c. chapensis
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| Trinomial name | |
| Typhlomys cinereus chapensis (Osgood, 1932)
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The Chapa pygmy dormouse or Vietnamese pygmy dormouse (Typhlomys cinereus chapensis) is a rodent endemic to Vietnam; this nocturnal creature is 7-10cm long (3-4 inches), with a tail of 10-13cm (4-5 inches) and long ears.[1]
In 2014, it was mainly found to the west of the Red River, in north Vietnam and southern Yunan Province in China.[2]
It is often seen as a subspecies of the Chinese pygmy dormouse (T. cinereus), along with T. ci daloushanensis, T. ci. Guangxiensis and T. ci. Jingdongensis; in 2014, it was seen by Abramov et al as an individual species and separate from T. cinereus.[2]
At the start of the 21st century, it was listed as a critically endangered species.[3] By 2017, the status of the general T. cincereus was as a creature of ‘least concern’.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Youlatos, Typhlomys (1 September 2020). "Locomotion and postures of the Vietnamese pygmy dormouse Typhlomys chapensis (Platacanthomyidea, Rodentia): climbing and leaping in the blind". Research Gate. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
- ^ a b Chen, Feng (29 May 2017). "Phylogeny and systematic revision of the genus Typhlomys (Rodentia, Platacanthomyidae), with description of a new species". Oxford University Press. Journal of Mammalogy, Volume 98, Issue 3, page 731. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
- ^ "Platacanthomyidae". Animal Diversity. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
- ^ "Soft Furred Tree Mouse: Typhlomys cincereus". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
- Baillie (1996). "Typhlomys chapensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. Retrieved 9 May 2006. Listed as Critically Endangered (CR B1+2 cd v2.3)
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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