''Proedromys'' is a genus of
rodent in the family
Cricetidae from
China
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. It is part of the tribe
Arvicolini within the subfamily
Arvicolinae, which contains the
voles,
lemmings, and relatives.
It contains the following species:
*
Duke of Bedford's vole (''Proedromys bedfordi'')
*
Liangshan vole (''Proedromys liangshanensis'')
References
*Liu, S. Z. Sun, Z. Zeng, and E. Zhao. 2007. A new vole (Cricetidae: Arvicolinae: ''Proedromys'') from the Liangshan Mountains of Sichuan Province, China. Journal of Mammalogy, 88:1170-1178.
*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Rodent genera
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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