| phylogeny of oriental voles (rodentia: muridae: arvicolinae): molecular and morphological evidence. | the systematics of oriental voles remains controversial despite numerous previous studies. in this study, we explore the systematics of all species of oriental voles, except eothenomys wardi, using a combination of dna sequences and morphological data. our molecular phylogeny, based on two mitochondrial genes (coi and cyt b), resolves the oriental voles as a monophyletic group with strong support. four distinct lineages are resolved: eothenomys, anteliomys, caryomys, and the new subgenus ermites ... | 2012 | 22943786 |
| taxonomic position of eothenomys wardi (arvicolinae: cricetidae) based on morphological and molecular analyses with a detailed description of the species. | ward's red-backed vole (eothenomys wardi) is a rodent from the family cricetidae. this endemic species occurs only in extreme northwestern yunnan province, china in the mekong and salween river divide. it occupies steep cliffs at 2,800 to 4,250 m above sea level on the remote qinghai-tibetan plateau. the validity of e. wardi is controversial and no specimens exist apart from the nominal series. in 2010, we collected 38 topotypes of e. wardi from meri snow mountain. the results of our phylogeneti ... | 2013 | 25243276 |