Rhynchomys labo

Rickart, Balete, Timm, Alviola, Esselstyn, & Heaney, 2019

Labo 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

Rickart, E.A., Balete, D.S., Timm, R.M., Alviola, P.A., Esselstyn, J.A. and Heaney, L.R. 2019-06-06. Two new species of shrew-rats (Rhynchomys: Muridae: Rodentia) from Luzon Island, Philippines. Journal of Mammalogy 100(4):1112-1129.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz066

Original name as described

Rhynchomys labo

Other common names

Labo Shrew-rat

Type material

KU:M:165952

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mt Labo, Barangay Tulay na Lupa (14.0235° N, 122.7873° E; 1250 m), Labo Municipality, Camarines Norte, Luzon I, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Rickart, E. A., Balete, D. S., Timm, R. M., Alviola, P. A., Esselstyn, J. A., & Heaney, L. R. (2019). Two new species of shrew-rats (Rhynchomys: Muridae: Rodentia) from Luzon Island, Philippines. Journal of Mammalogy, 100(4), 1112-1129.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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