- Chinese Jumping Mouse
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Chinese Jumping Mouse
Temporal range: Late Miocene - RecentConservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Dipodidae Subfamily: Zapodinae Genus: Eozapus
Preble, 1899Species: E. setchuanus Binomial name Eozapus setchuanus
(Pousargues, 1896)The Chinese Jumping Mouse (Eozapus setchuanus) is a species of rodent in the Dipodidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Eozapus.[citation needed] It is endemic to China. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ^ Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. (2008). Eozapus setchuanus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 17 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
- Holden, M. E. and G. G. Musser. 2005. Family Dipodidae. Pp. 871-893 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Dipodidae
- Rodents of China
- Monotypic mammal genera
- Animals described in 1896
- Rodent stubs
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