The Linzhi mountain vole (''Neodon linzhiensis'') is a species of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are roden ...
in the family
Cricetidae.
[ It is ]endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to mountainous parts of southern China.[
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References
Neodon
Mammals described in 2012
Rodents of China
Endemic fauna of China
Fauna of Tibet
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