Musseromys inopinatus

Heaney, Balete, Rickart, M. J. Veluz, & Jansa, 2014

Mount Amuyao Tree Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Heaney, L.R., Balete, D.S., Rickart, E.A., Veluz, M.J. and Jansa, S.A. 2014-05-16. Three new species of Musseromys (Muridae, Rodentia), the endemic Philippine tree mouse from Luzon Island. American Museum Novitates 3802:1-27.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58871226

Original name as described

Musseromys inopinatus

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:193839

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=898780d8-3cf1-4569-8304-2ccb40d6ed2c

Type locality

1 km N, 1 km W of Mt. Amuyao Peak, Barlig, Mountain Province, Luzon Island, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Heaney, L. R., Balete, D. S., Rickart, E. A., Veluz, M. J., & Jansa, S. A. (2014). Three new species of Musseromys (Muridae, Rodentia), the endemic Philippine tree mouse from Luzon Island. American Museum Novitates, 3802, 1-27.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003437

Country distribution map

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