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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is present in northeastern South Asia, it is widespread in south China, and ranges into northern Southeast Asia. In India it has been recorded from Mishmi hills (Agrawal 2000) and upper catchment area of Noa Dihing river (S.S. Saha pers. comm.) in Arunachal Pradesh at over 300 m asl. In China, it has been recorded from Sichuan, Anhui, Guangdong, western Yunnan, southeastern Xizang, southern Gansu and southwestern Shaanxi (Smith and Xie 2008). It has been recorded from the island of Taiwan (Smith and Xie 2008). In Southeast Asia, it is present in northern Myanmar, extreme northwestern Viet Nam; and there is an isolated locality in Thailand that possibly represents a relictual population (Musser and Carleton 2005), there may be additional isolated populations of this species that have not been recorded. The species has a known altitudinal range of 700 to 3,000 m asl (Musser and Carleton 2005).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
China; India; Myanmar; Taiwan, Province of China; Thailand; Viet Nam
Estimated area of occupancy (AOO) - km2: > 2000
Lower elevation limit (metres): 300
Upper elevation limit (metres): 3000
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Population [top]
Population: It is a common species in suitable habitat.
Current Population Trend: Stable
Additional data:
?Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: In China it is found in temperate montane evergreen forest (pine and rhododendron), in southern parts of the range it is more likely to be associated with open or cultivated areas close to the forest edge. In South Asia found in tropical and subtropical montane, temperate forest, where it leads a subterranean life, found in the leaf litter on the forest floor. Frequents wooded jungles and grassy meadows (Agrawal, 2000) and transition zones between temperate broad leaved and subtropical forests (Molur et al. 2005).
Systems: Terrestrial
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): There are no major threat to this species as a whole. In South Asia this species is locally threatened by habitat loss and degradation due to expansion of agriculture, small-scale logging, human settlements (Molur et al. 2005).
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: It is present within many protected areas. The isolated population in Thailand is present in Doi Inthanon National Park. In South Asia, it has been recorded in Namdapha National Park in Arunachal Pradesh, India (Molur et al. 2005).
Citation: Lunde, D., Musser, G. & Molur, S. 2008. Eothenomys melanogaster. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T7801A12851155. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T7801A12851155.en. Downloaded on 05 May 2016.
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