Small Mammals of the Xishuangbanna Prefecture of Yunnan Province, China

Résumé du livre

During the period 1987-1990, mammal collections were made in the Xishuangbanna Prefecture of Yunnan Province, China. These collections were assembled from sites in and near the town of Menglun, in a tropical cloud forest near the borders of China, Myanmar, and Laos. Biological surveys help provide information about this region at a time of rapid industrial growth in China. In the three decades since these specimens were collected, much has changed in this region. This study provides a glimpse into the past for present and future comparisons of mammal diversity in the Xishuangbanna Prefecture consisting of tropical and mesic, to extremely hot and moist bioclimatic zones. Species recorded in this study include one shrew (Crocidura dracula), 18 bats (Cynopterus sphinx, Macroglossus sobrinus, Rousettus amplexicaudatus, R. leschenaultii, Rhinolophus macrotis, R. sinicus, R. thomasi, Aselliscus stoliczkanus, Hipposideros armiger, H. lylei, H. gentilis, Lyroderma lyra, Taphozous theobaldi, Chaerephon plicatus, Eptesicus pachyomus, Scotophilus heathii, Pipistrellus javanicus, and Miniopterus magnater), 1 mongoose (Herpestes javanicus), 1 squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus), and 4 other rodents (Rhizomys pruinosus, R. sumatrensis, Niviventer fulvescens, and Rattus sp.).