Order Rodentia - Family Myoxidae
Author
Mary Ellen Holden
text
1993
Smithsonian Institution Press
Washington and London
Editor
Don E. Wilson
Editor
DeeAnn M. Reeder
Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)
763
770
book chapter
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Dryomys sichuanensis
(Wang, 1985)
.
Acta Theriol. Sinica, 5(1):67
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
China
, N
Sichuan Prov.
, Pinwu county, Wang-lang Natural Reserve
.
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality, a subalpine deciduous and coniferous forest in the
Sichuan
highlands; limits unknown.
COMMENTS:
Wang (1985a)
described
sichuanensis
as a species of
Chaetocauda
, a
genus he placed in the Myomiminae. Based on Wang's comparative chart and photograph, the shape and details of the skull and teeth greatly resemble those of
Dryomys
,
not
Myomimus
;
hence its placement here. Careful systematic study is required to determine whether or not
sichuanensis
is a distinct species of
Dryomys
.