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).
Chapa pygmy dormouse | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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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References
edit- 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.