Neodon

Neodon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Arvicolinae
Tribe:	Microtini
Genus:	Neodon; Horsfield, 1851
Type species
	Neodon sikimensis;
Species
	Neodon bershulaensis; Neodon bomiensis; Neodon chayuensis; Neodon clarkei; Neodon forresti; Neodon fuscus; Neodon irene; Neodon leucurus; Neodon liaoruii; Neodon linzhiensis; Neodon medogensis; Neodon namchabarwaensis; Neodon nepalensis; Neodon nyalamensis; Neodon shergylaensis; Neodon sikimensis

Neodon is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.^[1] Species within Neodon are classified as relics of the Pleistocene epoch because the occlusal patterns resemble the extinct Allophaiomys.

While the IUCN only recognizes 6 species of Neodon, the American Society of Mammalogists lists the following species, with Neodon leucurus being moved into this genus from Phaiomys and the additional 9 species being recently described:^[2]