Batomys

Batomys
Batomys granti (smaller lower animal)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Phloeomyini
Genus:	Batomys Thomas, 1895
Type species
Batomys granti
Species
Batomys cagayanensis Batomys dentatus Batomys granti Batomys hamiguitan Batomys russatus Batomys salomonseni Batomys uragon
Distribution of Batomys

Batomys is a genus of rodent endemic to the Philippines. It has six extant described species.

Species

Genus Batomys - Luzon and Mindanao forest rats, 7 species recognized, six extant and one extinct: ^{[1] [2] [3]}

• Large-toothed hairy-tailed rat, Batomys dentatusMiller, 1911
• Luzon hairy-tailed rat, Batomys grantiThomas, 1895
• Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat, Batomys hamiguitan Balete, Heaney, Rickart, Quidlat & Ibanez, 2008
• Dinagat hairy-tailed rat, Batomys russatusMusser, Heaney & Tabaranza Jr., 1998
• Mindanao hairy-tailed rat, Batomys salomonseni(Sanborn, 1953)
• Batomys uragon Balete, Rickart, Heaney & Jansa, 2015
• † Batomys cagayanensis Ochoa, Mijares, Piper, Reyes, & Heaney, 2021 ^[4]

References

1. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1295–1296. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
2. Balete, D.S.; Heaney, L.R.; Rickart, E.A.; Quidlat, R.S.; Ibañez, J.C. (2008). "A new species of Batomys (Mammalia: Muridae) from eastern Mindanao Island, Philippines". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 121 (4): 411–428. doi:10.2988/07-47.1. S2CID   129828157.
3. Balete, D.S.; Rickart, E.A.; Heaney, L.R.; Jansa, S.A. (2015). "A new species of Batomys (Muridae, Rodentia) from southern Luzon Island, Philippines". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 128 (1): 22–39. doi: 10.2988/0006-324X-128.1.22 .
4. Ochoa, Janine; Mijares, Armand S B; Piper, Philip J; Reyes, Marian C; Heaney, Lawrence R (2021-04-23). "Three new extinct species from the endemic Philippine cloud rat radiation (Rodentia, Muridae, Phloeomyini)" . Journal of Mammalogy. 102 (gyab023): 909–930. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyab023. ISSN   0022-2372.