Name:Proedromys bedfordi
Alias:Proedromys bedfordi,Arvicolinae
Outline:Rodents
Family:Rodentia Cricetidae Microtus
length:Approx. 110 mm
IUCN:LC
The species status is stable, but the genus status is somewhat controversial. It was first named as the genus Microtus. Some people believe that it belongs to the genus Microtus (<Microtus>), while others believe that it belongs to the genus Neodon (<Neodon>). Molecular systematic studies have confirmed that it belongs to the genus Microtus. For a long time, this genus was a single genus and a single species, with only one species, Microtus, which is very rare and scarce. The species was named in 1911. Before 2007 (nearly 100 years), there were only three specimens in the world (No. 1 type specimen of the British Museum; No. 1 specimen of the Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention; No. 1 specimen of Lanzhou University). From 2007 to 2020, the Sichuan Academy of Forestry collected this species many times during surveys in Heishui County and Jiuzhaigou County, Sichuan, and accumulated 25 specimens. Molecular systematic studies have been carried out to determine the taxonomic status of the species. This species is listed as Vulnerable (VU) by IUCN. In 2007, Liu Shaoying et al. discovered a new species of Liangshan Grooved Vole (<Proedromysliangshanensis>) in Sichuan (Liu et al., 2007), which is the second species of the genus Grooved Vole.
This species has been included in the "National List of Terrestrial Wildlife with Important Economic and Scientific Research Value" issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000.
Listed in the 2016 Red List of Endangered Species of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) ver3.1—Vulnerable (VU).