Lasiopodomys fuscus Büchner 1889

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 985

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scientific name	Lasiopodomys fuscus Büchner 1889
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Lasiopodomys fuscus Büchner 1889 , Wiss. Res. Przewalski Cent.-Asien Reisen, Zool., I: (Sauget.): 125.

Type Locality: China, S Qinghai Prov., Yushu Autonomous Prefecture, Zhidoi Co., upper reaches of Zi Qu (also as Zhi Qu or Tongtian He) River, a tributary of the Yangtze; 33º40'N, 96º15'E (as restricted by lectotype designation by Hoffmann, 1996 a) GoogleMaps .

Vernacular Names: Smokey Vole.

Distribution: E Tibetan Plateau, western Qinghai Prov., C China; limits unresolved.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Included in Phaiomys leucurus , whether as Pitymys or Microtus ( Corbet, 1978 c; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Pavlinov et al., 1995 a; Zhang and Wang, 1963), but separated as a species and transferred to Lasiopodomys by Zheng and Wang (1980; also Musser and Carleton, 1993). USNM specimens of fuscus verify its membership in Lasiopodomys , not Phaiomys . Hoffmann (1996 a) carefully described old expedition routes and collecting sites, selected a lectotype of fuscus , and documented sympatry between it and the wider ranging Phaiomys leucurus .