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Neodon leucurus (Blyth, 1863)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Phaiomys leucurus from Plate on the page 271.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Blyth's vole (Neodon leucurus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It was previously the only species in the genus Phaiomys, but was moved to Neodon in 2016. It is found in mountainous regions in northern India, Nepal and China. It is a burrowing rodent and lives in small colonies. It has a wide distribution and faces no particular threats so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".
Wikipedia contributors, Blyth's vole; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T13:45:52.896198+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Neodon leucurus (Blyth, 1863)
- Name authority
- (Blyth, 1863)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Neodon
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
- suborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855
- superfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811
- familyCricetidae Fischer, 1817
- subfamilyArvicolinae Gray, 1821
- genusNeodon Hodgson, 1849
- speciesNeodon leucurus (Blyth, 1863)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Neodon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Neodon linzhiensis Liu, Sun, Liu, Wang, Guo & Murphy, 2012 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sikkim Mountain VoleNeodon sikimensis Hodgson, 1849 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Forrest's Mountain VoleNeodon forresti Hinton, 1923 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Neodon fuscus (Büchner, 1889) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Microtus leucurus (Blyth, 1863) (Blyth, 1863) | synonym |
| Phaiomys leucurus Blyth, 1863 Blyth, 1863 | synonym |
| Microtus waltoni Bonhote, 1905 Bonhote, 1905 | synonym |
| Arvicola blythi Blanford, 1875 Blanford, 1875 | synonym |
| Microtus strauchi Büchner, 1889 Büchner, 1889 | synonym |
| Microtus tsaidamensis Satunin, 1903 Satunin, 1903 | synonym |
| Phaiomys everesti Thomas & Hinton, 1922 Thomas & Hinton, 1922 | synonym |
| Microtus waltoni petulans Wroughton, 1911 Wroughton, 1911 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=972576 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:46GB2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.