Taxonavigation

Familia: Diatomyidae
Genus: Laonastes
Species: Laonastes aenigmamus

Name

Laonastes aenigmamus Jenkins, Kilpatrick, Robinson & Timmins, 2005

• Original genus: Laonastes Jenkins et al., 2005
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated
  • Description: 'adult male skull, body in ethanol'
  • Repository: BMNH 1999.72 (collector's number 20/99)
• Type locality: 'Vicinity of Ban Mauang and Ban Doy, Thakhek District, south eastern edge of Khammouan Limestone National Biodiversity Conservation Area, Khammouan Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, 17°33'45"N 104°49'10"E, altitude 160 m asl'

References

• Dawson, M.R. et al. 2006: Laonastes and the "Lazarus effect" in Recent mammals. Science, 311(5766): 1456–1458. DOI: 10.1126/science.1124187

• Jenkins, P.D., Kilpatrick, C.W., Robinson, M.F. & Timmins, R.J. 2005. Morphological and molecular investigations of a new family, genus and species of rodent (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricognatha) from Lao PDR. Systematics and biodiversity 2(4): 419–454. DOI: 10.1017/S1477200004001549 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Nguyen, D. et al. 2014: Distribution and habitat of the Laotian rock rat Laonastes aenigmamus Jenkins, Kilpatrick, Robinson & Timmins, 2005 (Rodentia: Diatomyidae) in Vietnam. Biodiversity data journal 2: e4188. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e4188 Reference page. 

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