Rhynchomys isarogensis

Musser & Freeman, 1981

Mount Isarog 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Musser, G.G. and Freeman, P.W. 1981. A new species of Rhynchomys (Muridae) from the Philippines. Journal of Mammalogy 62(1):154-159.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1380486

Original name as described

Rhynchomys isarogensis

Other common names

Isarog Rhynchomys · Isarog Shrew Rat · Mount Isarog Rhynchomys

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:95123

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=4b370e56-2234-4174-9a6b-4170754b1263

Type locality

Mt. Isarog, south-east peninsula of Luzon Island, Camarines Sur Province, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003300

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Rhynchomys isarogensis

Musser & Freeman, 1981

Family

Muridae

Root name

isarogensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:95123

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=4b370e56-2234-4174-9a6b-4170754b1263

Authority page

154

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19712) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19712) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19712/22438209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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