Forrest's Mountain Vole

Forrest's Mountain Vole[1]
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Neodon
Species:	N. forresti
Binomial name
Neodon forresti Hinton, 1923

Forrest's Mountain Vole (Neodon forresti) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found within china in the north west of Yunnan province. The initial study by Hinton in 1923 identified it as morphologically close to the Chinese Scrub Vole (N. irene) but with a larger body size and longer and darker Pelage.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000323. 
2. ^ Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. (2008). '. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of .