Soricomys musseri

(Rickart, Heaney, Tabaranza, & Balete, 1998)

Sierra Madre 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rickart, E.A., Heaney, L.R., Tabaranza, B.R., Jr. and Balete, D.S. 1998. A review of the genera Crunomys and Archboldomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae), with descriptions of two new species from the Philippines. Fieldiana Zoology 89:1-24.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6730055

Original name as described

Archboldomys musseri

Other common names

Palanan Shrew Mouse

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:147176

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=33daa053-6f5c-4efc-9890-317e70481ad7

Type locality

Mount Cetaceo, Cagayan Province, Luzon Island, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

Taxonomy notes

moved from Archboldomys to the recently described 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/1003313

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.

Archboldomys musseri

(Rickart, Heaney, Tabaranza, & Balete, 1998)

Family

Muridae

Root name

musseri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:147176

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=33daa053-6f5c-4efc-9890-317e70481ad7

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6730055

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Soricomys musseri

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

musseri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59277785

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, Duya, Duya, Sosa & Jansa (2012:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59277785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11237)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #29459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #29459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29459/22449892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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