中国猪尾鼠(Typhlomys cinereus Milne-Edwards)一新亚种

在云南景东亚热带山地常绿阔叶林中捕获了一组猪尾鼠,经鉴定为一新亚种,特予报道。

A NEW SUBSPECIES OF TYPHLOMYS CINEREUS MILNE-EDWARDS FROM YUNNAN,CHINA

This paper deals with a new subspecies of Typhlomys cinereus collected from Yunnan during May-June, 1981.The type specimens are deposited at the Ecological Department of Kunming Branch, Academia Sinica Kunming. It may be described below.Typhlomys cinereus jindongensis subsp.nov.Holotype(No.81339):An adult male,collected on June 19,1981, from Ji-ndong District(alt.2430m.),Yunnan province.Para types. 3 adult males, 5 adult females, collected from the same locality during May-June, 1981.Diagnosis:This race is very simillar in color and general characters to nominated subspecies of Fujian, China, but differs in having decidedly convex upward brain case and more decurved occipital region.Remark;This species has differentiated two subspecies so far, i. e. T.c. cinsreus,Fujian,China and T.c.chapensis,Chapa,Tonkin.The difference between them is in size.The new race is obviously smaller than T. c.chapensis. Also, it differs from T.c.cinereus in skull as mentioned above.