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Taxonomy
Typhlomys daloushanensis was named by Cheng et al. (2017). It is extant.
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2017 | Typhlomys daloushanensis Cheng et al. |
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Typhlomys daloushanensis Cheng et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| F. Cheng et al. 2017 | Typhlomys daloushanensis has a skull that is larger overall than any other taxa in the genus. It has a attened
braincase rather than the dome-shaped braincases of T. chapen- sis and T. nanus (Figs. 5A–D). It has creamy white ventral pelage that differs from the yellowish-white ventral pelage of T. chapensis. The anterofossettes on M1 are twice as wide as in T. chapensis and T. nanus (Figs. 7A–D). Description.—Typhlomys daloushanensis is the largest living species in the genus Typhlomys (HB = 86.05 ± 6.55; GLS = 24.90 ± 1.24; Table 2). The dorsal pelage is charcoal gray. The ventral pelage is slate gray and covered with creamy white hair. The dorsal surfaces of the hind feet are covered with yellowish-white hair. The braincase is attened (Fig. 5D). Upper and lower molars are broad (Fig. 7D), and the anterofossette on M1 is accordingly broad. The mesofossettid on M1 is closed, and its buccal end extends anteriorly. The anterofossettes are present on M2 in about one-third of the individuals we exam- ined (34.5%). The anterolingual end of M2 is square-shaped. |