Chapa pygmy dormouse
| Chapa pygmy dormouse | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Suborder: | Myomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Muroidea |
| Family: | Platacanthomyidae |
| Genus: | Typhlomys |
| Species: | Typhlomys cinereus |
| Subspecies: | T. c. chapensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Typhlomys cinereus chapensis (Osgood, 1932) | |
The Chapa pygmy dormouse or Vietnamese pygmy dormouse (Typhlomys cinereus chapensis) is a rodent endemic to Vietnam. It is listed as a critically endangered species. It is often considered a separate species, but is now recognized as a subspecies of the Chinese pygmy dormouse (T. cinereus).
References
- Baillie (1996). Typhlomys chapensis. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 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. 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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