Soricomys
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Soricomys Balete,Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, M. V. Duya, M. R. M. Duya, Sosa, and Jansa, 2012 |
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Soricomys kalinga | |
Soricomys,theshrew-mice,are agenusofrodentsin thefamilyMuridae.They arecarnivoresthat feed oninvertebratesmuch likeshrewsdo. An apparently smaller relatives of the true shrew-ratsChrotomysandRhynchomys,Soricomysare somewhatconvergentto the more distantly relatedCrunomys.[1]
- Soricomys kalinga
- Co's shrew mouse,Soricomys leonardocoi
- Southern Cordillera shrew mouse,Soricomys montanus
- Sierra Madre shrew mouse,Soricomys musseri
S. kalingawas only discovered on March 30, 2000, and described in 2006.[1]
References
[edit]- Balete, Danilo S.; Rickart, Eric A. & Heaney, Lawrence R.(2006): A new species of the shrew-mouse,Archboldomys(Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae), from the Philippines.Systematics and Biodiversity4(4): 489–501.doi:10.1017/S1477200006002003(HTML abstract)
- 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:894–1531. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Musser, G.G.(1982): Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 110.Crunomysand the small-bodied shrew rats native to the Philippine Islands and Sulawesi (Celebes).Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History174(1): 1-95.
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