Red Climbing Mouse

discussion

Discussion: Originally described by G. M. Allen as a species of Chiropodomys, but later reidentified by him as the only example of Vandeleuria dumeticola known from Yunnan (G. M. Allen, 1940), which was refuted by Ellerman (1949). Anthony (1941) correctly pointed out the morphological uniqueness of fulva by erecting a new genus to contain it. Still known only by few specimens. Wang et al. (1980) described foramena as a species of Vernaya, but diagnostic traits simply represent individual and geographic variation found in V. fulva (Corbet and Hill, 1992; Li and Wang, 1995; and Musser’s study of the Chinese material described by Wang et al., 1980); Wang (2003) listed foramena as a synonym of V. fulva in his checklist of Chinese mammals.

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

Distribution: S China (N Sichuan, W Yunnan, S Gansu, and SW Shaanxi; Li and Wang, 1995) and N Burma (Anthony, 1941); recorded only above 2135 m.

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

discussion

COMMENTS: Originally described by Allen as a species of Chiropodomys, but later reidentified by him as the only example of Vandeleuria dumeticola known from Yunnan (Allen, 1940). Anthony (1941) correctly pointed out the morphological uniqueness of fulva by erecting a new genus to contain it. Still known only by very few specimens. Wang et al. (1980) described foramena as a species of Vernaya, but diagnostic traits simply represent individual variation found in V. fulva.

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

DISTRIBUTION: S China (Sichuan and Yunnan) and N Burma; known only from above 7000 ft.

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae