Name:Pitymys sikimensis
Alias:Pitymys sikimensis (Hodgson,1849)
Outline:Rodents
Family:Rodentia Cricetidae P.Vole
length:99-114mm
Weight:30-42g
IUCN:LC
Sikkim pine voles belong to the subfamily Arvicolinae. It is the model species of the genus Arvicolinae. The taxonomic status of this species is stable, and there is no subspecies differentiation. All members of the genus Arvicolinae are distributed in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. They are a group that evolved in a short period of time due to adaptive radiation as the Himalayas rose. There were only four species before. Liu Shaoying et al. (Liu et al., 2012, 2017) discovered three new species through in-depth research. Together with the species that have been readjusted to this genus in systematics, there are now more than ten species. Their evolution is closely related to the rise of the Himalayas, and it is a group worthy of further study.