Dabie Mountains shrew mole
The Dabie Mountains shrew mole (Uropsilus dabieshanensis) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Anhui Province in China, where, as its name suggests, it is only known from the Dabie Mountains.[1]
| Dabie Mountains shrew mole | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Talpidae |
| Genus: | Uropsilus |
| Species: | U. dabieshanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Uropsilus dabieshanensis Ting-li et al., 2021 | |
Phylogenetic evidence supports it being a sister species to a clade containing the gracile shrew mole (U. gracilis), black-backed shrew mole (U. atronates), and several undescribed species, with U. dabieshanensis diverging from the rest of the genus in the early Pleistocene.[1][2]
References
- Hu, Ting-Li; Xu, Zhen; Zhang, Heng; Liu, Ying-Xun; Liao, Rui; Yang, Guang-Dao; Sun, Ruo-Lei; Shi, Jie; Ban, Qian; Li, Chun-Lin; Liu, Shao-Ying (2021-05-18). "Description of a new species of the genus Uropsilus (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae: Uropsilinae) from the Dabie Mountains, Anhui, Eastern China". Zoological Research. 42 (3): 294–299. doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.266. ISSN 2095-8137. PMC 8175959. PMID 33929104.
- "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
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