Description of a new species of the genus <i>Uropsilus</i> (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae: Uropsilinae) from the Dabie Mountains, Anhui, Eastern China

Ting-Li Hu; Zhen Xu; Heng Zhang; Ying-Xun Liu; Rui Liao; Guang-Dao Yang; Ruo-Lei Sun; Jie Shi; Qian Ban; Chun-Lin Li; Shao-Ying Liu; Bao-Wei Zhang

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Ting-Li Hu, Zhen Xu, Heng Zhang, Ying-Xun Liu, Rui Liao, Guang-Dao Yang, Ruo-Lei Sun, Jie Shi, Qian Ban, Chun-Lin Li, Shao-Ying Liu, Bao-Wei Zhang. Description of a new species of the genus Uropsilus (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae: Uropsilinae) from the Dabie Mountains, Anhui, Eastern China. Zoological Research, 2021, 42(3): 294-299. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.266

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Ting-Li Hu, Zhen Xu, Heng Zhang, Ying-Xun Liu, Rui Liao, Guang-Dao Yang, Ruo-Lei Sun, Jie Shi, Qian Ban, Chun-Lin Li, Shao-Ying Liu, Bao-Wei Zhang. Description of a new species of the genus Uropsilus (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae: Uropsilinae) from the Dabie Mountains, Anhui, Eastern China. Zoological Research, 2021, 42(3): 294-299. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.266

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Ting-Li Hu, Zhen Xu, Heng Zhang, Ying-Xun Liu, Rui Liao, Guang-Dao Yang, Ruo-Lei Sun, Jie Shi, Qian Ban, Chun-Lin Li, Shao-Ying Liu, Bao-Wei Zhang. Description of a new species of the genus Uropsilus (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae: Uropsilinae) from the Dabie Mountains, Anhui, Eastern China. Zoological Research, 2021, 42(3): 294-299. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.266

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Description of a new species of the genus Uropsilus (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae: Uropsilinae) from the Dabie Mountains, Anhui, Eastern China

doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.266

Ting-Li Hu^{1, #},
Zhen Xu^{1, #},
Heng Zhang^{1, #},
Ying-Xun Liu²,
Rui Liao²,
Guang-Dao Yang³,
Ruo-Lei Sun¹,
Jie Shi¹,
Qian Ban¹,
Chun-Lin Li¹,
Shao-Ying Liu^{2
,
,},
Bao-Wei Zhang^{1
,
,}

1.
School of Life Science, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China
2.
Sichuan Academy of Forestry, Chengdu, Sichuan 610081, China
3.
Forestry Investigation and Planning Institute of Anhui Province, Hefei, Anhui 230001, China

#Authors contributed equally to this work

Funds: This work was supported by the National Science & Technology Fundamental Resources Investigation Program of China (2019FY101800), Biodiversity Survey, Observation and Assessment Program of Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China (2019HB 2096001006), Anhui Province Higher Education Revitalization Plan, 2014 Colleges and Universities Outstanding Youth Talent Support Program

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Corresponding author: E-mail: zhangbw@ahu.edu.cn; shaoyliu@163.com
Received Date: 2020-09-14
Accepted Date: 2021-04-15

Published Online: 2021-04-28

Publish Date: 2021-05-18

Abstract

Abstract

During a terrestrial vertebrate survey of the Dabie Mountains in Anhui Province, eastern China, we collected four Asian shrew mole specimens (hereafter, shrew moles). Based on published literature and comparison with previously collected materials, the four specimens were similar to shrew moles from the mountains of Southwest China; however, no species in this group has been previously recorded from the Dabie Mountains. The genetic and morphological characteristics of the specimens were analyzed, based upon which a new species of shrew mole is described, named Uropsilus dabieshanensis sp. nov.
- Asian shrew mole,
- Morphology,
- Phylogenetics,
- Species delimitation

#Authors contributed equally to this work

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