Batomys
Batomys | |
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Batomys granti (smaller lower animal)
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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 | |
Distribution of Batomys |
Batomys is a
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]