Vernaya Explained

Vernaya is a genus of rodent in the subfamily Murinae from southern China and northern Burma. It contains a four extant species, the red climbing mouse (Vernaya fulva), V. foramena, V. meiguites, V. nushanensis, and several extinct species, all described by Zheng in 1993, namely Vernaya prefulva, V. pristina, V. giganta and V. wushanica. The genus is named after Arthur Stannard Vernay who collected the specimen of V. fulva on an expedition to Burma with Charles Suydam Cutting.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Extant species
  • Vernaya foramena Wang, Hu, & Chen 1980^[3]
  • Vernaya fulva Anthony, 1941 - Vernay's climbing mouse.
  • Vernaya meiguites Zhao et al., 2023^[4]
  • Vernaya nushanensis Zhao et al., 2023^[4]
• Extinct species
  • †Vernaya prefulva Zheng, 1993
  • †Vernaya pristina Zheng, 1993
  • †Vernaya giganta Zheng, 1993
  • †Vernaya wushanica Zheng, 1993

Notes and References

1. Book: Anthony, HE. collected by the Vernay-Cutting Burma expedition. 37–123. 1941. Papers on Mammalogy. Field Museum of Natural History. https://archive.org/stream/papersonmammalog271fiel#page/112/mode/2up.
2. Mammalian Species . Vernaya fulva. 2007. 806. 1–3. Lunde . DP. 2012-05-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231620/http://www.science.smith.edu/msi/pdf/i1545-1410-806-1-1.pdf. 2016-03-03. dead . American Society of Mammalogists. 10.1644/806.1 .
3. Wang . Y. . Hu . J. . Chen . K. . 1980 . A new species of Murinae—Vernaya foramena sp. nov. . Acta Zoologica Sinica . 26. 393–397.
4. Songping . Zhao . Xuming . Wang . Binbin V. . Li . Liang . Dou . Yingxun . Liu . Siyu . Yang . Ronghui . Fan . Yong . Jiang . Quan . Li . Rui . Liao . Miao . Hu . Xuelong . Jiang . Shaoying . Liu . Shunde . Chen . 3 . 2023 . Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Genus Vernaya (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae) with the Description of Two New Species . Ecology and Evolution . 13 . 11 . e10628 . 10.1002/ece3.10628. 37953988 . 10636494 . 2023EcoEv..1310628Z .