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Genus of rodents
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]
Large-toothed hairy-tailed rat , Batomys dentatus Miller, 1911
Luzon hairy-tailed rat , Batomys granti Thomas, 1895
Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat , Batomys hamiguitan
Balete ,
Heaney , Rickart, Quidlat & Ibanez, 2008
Dinagat hairy-tailed rat , Batomys russatus Musser,
Heaney & Tabaranza Jr., 1998
Mindanao hairy-tailed rat , Batomys salomonseni (Sanborn, 1953)
Batomys uragon
Balete , Rickart,
Heaney & Jansa, 2015
†
Batomys cagayanensis Ochoa, Mijares, Piper, Reyes, &
Heaney , 2021
[4]
References
^
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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
Extant species of subfamily
Murinae (Oenomys–Pithecheir)
Oenomys Division
Phloeomys Division
Pithecheir Division