Chinese Jumping Mouse
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Chinese Jumping Mouse Fossil range: Late Miocene - Recent |
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Eozapus setchuanus (Pousargues, 1896) |
The Chinese Jumping Mouse (Eozapus setchuanus) is a species of rodent in the Dipodidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Eozapus. It is endemic to China. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Eozapus setchuanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
- Holden, M. E. and G. G. Musser. 2005. Family Dipodidae. Pp. 871-893 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.