Batomys

Batomys
Batomys granti (smaller lower animal)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Phloeomyini
Genus: Batomys
Thomas, 1895
Type species
Batomys granti
Species

Batomys cagayanensis
Batomys dentatus
Batomys granti
Batomys hamiguitan
Batomys russatus
Batomys salomonseni
Batomys uragon

Distribution of Batomys

Batomys is a genus of rodent endemic to the Philippines. It has six extant described species.

Species

Genus Batomys - Luzon and Mindanao forest rats, 7 species recognized, six extant and one extinct:[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1295–1296. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Balete, D.S.; Heaney, L.R.; Rickart, E.A.; Quidlat, R.S.; Ibañez, J.C. (2008). "A new species of Batomys (Mammalia: Muridae) from eastern Mindanao Island, Philippines". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 121 (4): 411–428. doi:10.2988/07-47.1. S2CID 129828157.
  3. ^ Balete, D.S.; Rickart, E.A.; Heaney, L.R.; Jansa, S.A. (2015). "A new species of Batomys (Muridae, Rodentia) from southern Luzon Island, Philippines". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 128 (1): 22–39. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-128.1.22.
  4. ^ Ochoa, Janine; Mijares, Armand S B; Piper, Philip J; Reyes, Marian C; Heaney, Lawrence R (2021-04-23). "Three new extinct species from the endemic Philippine cloud rat radiation (Rodentia, Muridae, Phloeomyini)". Journal of Mammalogy (gyab023). doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyab023. ISSN 0022-2372.


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