Dryomys sichuanensis (Wang, 1985)

Mary Ellen Holden, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Myoxidae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 763-770 : 766

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 .