Batomys dentatus

G. S. Miller, 1910

Large-toothed Hairy-tailed Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1910-08-19. Descriptions of two new genera and sixteen new species of mammals from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 38(1757):391-404.

Original name as described

Batomys dentatus

Other common names

Large-toothed Batomys

Type material

USNM:MAMM:151506

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Haights-in-the-Oaks, Mountain Province, Luzon Island, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Country distribution map

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