(Rodentia, Platacanthomyidae): new species of the genus from northern Vietnam with notes on conservation status and distribution.

Background: The paper presents novel findings of little-known species of rodents, the blind tree mice in Son La Province, Vietnam, with the first morphological and genetic characterisation and taxonomical description of the new species, . The study also summarises all the data available on this genus species distribution, museum collections and notes on its taxonomy, which are important to establish the proper conservation status of the species. An exhaustive map of the findings is provided, along with a refined taxonomic key for all six currently morphologically characterised species of the genus.

Explorational analysis of the abundance and prevalence of chigger and gamasid mites parasitic on small mammals in Vietnam.

We studied chigger and gamasid mite loads on small mammals during the dry season in Vietnam and used both our field data and museum collections to estimate the influence of environmental factors on mite abundance and prevalence. Generalized linear (mixed effect) models were used to analyze the data. We examined 1,239 small mammal individuals, which were obtained from field expeditions and museum collections belonging to 59 species.

New data on the distribution and diversity of the Tonkin limestone rat (, Rodentia, Muridae).

The paper presented novel findings of little-known species of rodents the Tonkin limestone rat in Cao Bang Province, Vietnam with its morphological and genetic characterisation. The study summarises data on the distribution of this data-deficient species, available museum collections, genetic samples, information on its taxonomy and ecology, important to establish the proper conservation status of the species. An exhaustive map of the findings is provided.

New data on the distribution of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) associated with small mammals in Vietnam.

The study of chigger mites of Vietnam is based on the material collected during fieldworks in 20112019 and examination of small mammal samples deposited in museum collections. A total 59 small mammals species were examined (49 species of Rodentia, 8 species of Eulipotyphla, and 2 species of Scandentia). On them, 79 species of chigger mites were collected, of which 44 species are recorded in Vietnam for the first time.

New occurrence records on the rodent species inhabiting Vietnam, based on Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Test Center genetic samples collection.

Background: Open access to occurrence records in a standardised format has strong potential applications for many kinds of ecological research and bioresources management, including the assessment of invasion risks, formulation of nature protection, biomedical and management plans in the context of global climate and land-use changes both in the short and long perspective. The accumulation and aggregation of data on the occurrence records of small mammals are relevant for the study of biogeography and for ecological surveys including construction of the spatial distribution and ecological niche modelling of species ' distributions in the context of global climate change. The author has created a dataset of 2408 rodents and tree shrews occurrence records from Vietnam, collected from November 2007 to May 2022.