Chapa pygmy dormouse

Chapa pygmy dormouse
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Platacanthomyidae
Genus:	Typhlomys
Species:	T. cinereus
Subspecies:	T. c. chapensis
Trinomial name
Typhlomys cinereus chapensis (Osgood, 1932)

The Chapa pygmy dormouse or Vietnamese pygmy dormouse (Typhlomys cinereus chapensis) is a rodent endemic to Vietnam. It is listed as a critically endangered species. It is often considered a separate species, but is now recognized as a subspecies of the Chinese pygmy dormouse (T. cinereus).

References

• Baillie (1996). "Typhlomys chapensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. Retrieved 9 May 2006.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help) Listed as Critically Endangered (CR B1+2 cd v2.3)
• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.