Namchabarwa mountain vole

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| name = Namchabarwa mountain vole

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| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| genus = Neodon

| species = namchabarwaensis

| authority = Liu, Zhou, Murphy, & Liu, 2022{{cite journal|last1=Liu |first1=S. |last2=Zhou |first2=C. |last3=Meng |first3=G. |last4=Wan |first4=T. |last5=Tang |first5=M. |last6=Yang |first6=C. |last7=Murphy |first7=R.W. |last8=Fan |first8=Z. |last9=Liu |first9=Y. |last10=Zhao |first10=Y. |last11=Liu |first11=S. |year=2022 |title=Evolution and diversification of Mountain voles (Rodentia: Cricetidae) |journal=Communications Biology |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=1-12 |doi=10.1038/s42003-022-04371-z|pmc=9792541 }}

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The Namchabarwa mountain vole (Neodon namchabarwaensis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.{{BioRef|asm|title=Neodon namchabarwaensis|version=1.11|id=1006717}} It is found only in China, and is known from the area south of the Yarlung Zangbo River and north of the Namchabarwa Mountains, after which it is named. The type specimen was found at {{Convert|3160|m|ft}}. It was identified from genetic and morphological data in 2022 by Liu et al, along with five other new species of Neodon. The specimens identified as N. namchabarwaensis, collected in 2008, were previously identified as N. skikimensis.{{Citation |last=Liu |first=Shaoying |title=Out of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and get flourishing - the evolution of Neodon voles (Rodentia: Cricetidae) revealed by systematic sampling and low coverage whole genome sequencing |date=2019-12-13 |url=https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2019.12.12.873679v1 |access-date=2025-03-30 |publisher=bioRxiv |language=en |doi=10.1101/2019.12.12.873679 |last2=Zhou |first2=Chengran |last3=Wan |first3=Tao |last4=Meng |first4=Guanliang |last5=Murphy |first5=W. Robert W. |last6=Fan |first6=Zhengxin |last7=Tang |first7=Mingkun |last8=Liu |first8=Yang |last9=Zeng |first9=Tao}}

It is a medium-sized mole, with an average adult body length of {{Convert|114.9|mm|in}}. The tail is about 40% of the whole body length.

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{{Arvicolinae}}

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Category:Neodon

Category:Rodents of China

Category:Mammals described in 2022

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