Rhynchomys banahao

Balete, Rickart, Rosell-Ambal, Jansa, & Heaney, 2007

Mount Banahaw Shrew Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Hydromyini
Genus : Rhynchomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Balete, D.S., Rickart, E.A., Rosell-Ambal, R.G.B., Jansa, S.A. and Heaney, L.R. 2007-04-20. Descriptions of two new species of Rhynchomys Thomas (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae) from Luzon Island, Philippines. Journal of Mammalogy 88(2):287-301.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1644/06-MAMM-A-090R.1

Original name as described

Rhynchomys banahao

Other common names

Mount Banahaw Rhynchomys

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:178429

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mount Banahaw, Quezon Province, Luzon Island, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Balete, D. S., Rickart, E. A., Rosell-Ambal, R. G. B., Jansa, S., & Heaney, L. R. (2007). Descriptions of two new species of Rhynchomys Thomas (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae) from Luzon Island, Philippines. Journal of Mammalogy, 88(2), 287-301.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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