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Chodsigoa caovansunga

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Soricomorpha
Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Soricinae
Tribus: Nectogalini
Genus: Chodsigoa
Species: Chodsigoa caovansunga

Name

Chodsigoa caovansunga Lunde, Musser & Son, 2003

References

* Chodsigoa caovansunga in Mammal Species of the World.
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
* IUCN link: Chodsigoa caovansunga Lunde, Musser & Son, 2003 (Data Deficient)


Vernacular names
English: Van Sung's Shrew

Van Sung's Shrew (Chodsigoa caovansunga), also known as Cao Van Sung mountain shrew[3] is a species of shrew in the Soricomorpha order.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Specimens of Chodsigoa caovansunga have been found in Vietnam.[13][14]

Chodsigoa caovansunga was named after Dr. Cao Van Sung, a small-mammal specialist at the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources in Hanoi. The type locality is situated at 1500 m altitude (22° 45'27 "N 104° 49'49" W) on Mount Tay Con Linh II in the town of Cao Bo, district Vi Xuyen, in the province of Ha Giang. Chodsigoa caovansunga a small species with a relatively short tail without brush of long hair on its end. The hands and feet are brownish in color.[14]
References

1. ^ http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=9745987
2. ^ http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id302669/
3. ^ http://planet-mammiferes.org/Info.php?New
4. ^ http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/C/Chodsigoa_caovansunga/
5. ^ http://data.gbif.org/species/13814484
6. ^ http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=1649499
7. ^ http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13814484
8. ^ http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=709738
9. ^ http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2010/details/species/id/6930416
10. ^ http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=5528724
11. ^ http://www.eol.org/pages/310820
12. ^ http://www.nlbif.nl/species_details.php?name=Chodsigoa+caovansunga
13. ^ http://data.gbif.org/occurrences/search.htm?c[0].s=20&c[0].p=0&c[0].o=13814484
14. ^ a b Lunde, DP, Musser, GG & Nguyen TS 2003. A survey of small mammals from Mt. A survey of small mammals from Mt. Tay Con Linh II, Vietnam, with the description of a new species of Chodsigoa (Insectivora: Soricidae). Tay Con Linh II, Vietnam, with the description of a new species or Chodsigoa (Insectivora: Soricidae). Mammal Study 28:31-46. Mammal 28:31-46 Study.

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