Neodon

Neodon
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Arvicolinae
Tribe: Microtini
Genus: Neodon
Horsfield, 1851
Type species
Neodon sikimensis
Horsfield, 1841
Species

Neodon bershulaensis
Neodon bomiensis
Neodon chayuensis
Neodon clarkei
Neodon forresti
Neodon fuscus
Neodon irene
Neodon leucurus
Neodon liaoruii
Neodon linzhiensis
Neodon medogensis
Neodon namchabarwaensis
Neodon nepalensis
Neodon nyalamensis
Neodon shergylaensis
Neodon sikimensis

Neodon is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Species within Neodon are classified as relics of the Pleistocene epoch because the occlusal patterns resemble the extinct Allophaiomys.

While the IUCN only recognizes 6 species of Neodon, the American Society of Mammalogists lists the following species, with Neodon leucurus being moved into this genus from Phaiomys and the additional 9 species being recently described:

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