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Sikkim Mountain Vole
Neodon sikimensis Hodgson, 1849
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Neodon sikimensis Hodgson, 1849
- Name authority
- Hodgson, 1849
- Common name
- Sikkim Mountain Vole
- 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 sikimensis Hodgson, 1849
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 |
| Forrest's Mountain VoleNeodon forresti Hinton, 1923 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Neodon fuscus (Büchner, 1889) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Neodon leucurus (Blyth, 1863) | 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 sikimensis (Hodgson, 1849) (Hodgson, 1849) | synonym |
| Arvicola thricolis Gray, 1863 Gray, 1863 | 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.
- Horsfield, & Thomas. (1849). Brief Notice of several Mammalia and Birds discovered by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., in Upper India. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 2 Vol. 15. 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:46GB4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.