Batomys
Genus of rodents
| Batomys | |
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| Batomys granti (smaller lower animal) | |
Scientific 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 | |
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| 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]
- 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.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Oenomys–Pithecheir)
Division
| Grammomys |
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| Lamottemys |
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| Oenomys (Rufous-nosed rats) |
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| Thallomys (Acacia rats) |
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| Thamnomys (Thicket rats) |
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Division
| Batomys (Luzon and Mindanao forest rats) |
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| Carpomys (Luzon rats) |
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| Crateromys (Cloudrunners) |
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| Phloeomys (Slender-tailed cloud rats) |
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Division
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| Lenomys |
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| Lenothrix |
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| Margaretamys (Margareta's rats) |
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| Pithecheir (Monkey-footed rats) |
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| Pithecheirops |
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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