Carpomys

Carpomys Temporal range: Holocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Carpomys phaeurus (upper animal) and Carpomys melanurus (lower animal)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Phloeomyini
Genus:	Carpomys Thomas, 1895
Type species
Carpomys melanurus
Species
Carpomys melanurus Carpomys phaeurus

Carpomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. ^[1] It contains two extant species, and one extinct species:

• Carpomys melanurus
• Carpomys phaeurus
• † Carpomys dakal ^[2]

It was first described by Oldfield Thomas in 1895, based on specimens collected by John Whitehead. ^[3]

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. p. 1301. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
2. 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.
3. Largen, M. J. (1985). "Taxonomically and Historically Significant Specimens of Mammals in the Merseyside County Museums, Liverpool" . Journal of Mammalogy. 66 (2): 412–418. doi:10.2307/1381265. ISSN   0022-2372.