Soricomys montanus

Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, M. V. Duya, M. R. M. Duya, Sosa, & Jansa, 2012

Mountain Shrew Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Balete, D.S., Rickart, E.A., Heaney, L.R., Alviola, P.A., Duya, M.V., Duya, M.R.M., Sosa, T. and Jansa, S.A. 2012-09. Archboldomys (Muridae: Murinae) reconsidered: A new genus and three new species of shrew mice from Luzon Island, Philippines. American Museum Novitates 3754:1-60.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59277789

Original name as described

Soricomys montanus

Other common names

Southern Cordillera Shrew Mouse

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:188314

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=b9af5d31-2a17-404c-a3b7-0c2fbb7bae9f

Type locality

east of South Peak Mt. Data, Mountain province, Luzon Island, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

Taxonomy notes

recently described under the new genus Soricomys

Taxonomy notes citation

Balete, D. S., Rickart, E. A., Heaney, L. R., Alviola, P. A., Duya, M. V., Duya, M. R. M., ... & Jansa, S. A. (2012). Archboldomys (Muridae: Murinae) reconsidered: a new genus and three new species of shrew mice from Luzon Island, Philippines. American Museum Novitates, 3754, 1-60.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003312

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.

Soricomys montanus

Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, M. V. Duya, M. R. M. Duya, Sosa, & Jansa, 2012

Family

Muridae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:188314

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=b9af5d31-2a17-404c-a3b7-0c2fbb7bae9f

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59277789

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, Duya, Duya, Sosa & Jansa (2012:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59277789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11237)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/47808962/47808968) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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