Mingan shrew rat

Mingan shrew rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Rhynchomys
Species:	R. mingan
Binomial name
	Rhynchomys mingan; Rickart, Balete, Timm, Alviola, Esselstyn, & Heaney, 2019

Last updated January 05, 2026

The Mingan shrew rat (Rhynchomys mingan) is a species of shrewlike rat in the subfamily Murinae. It was discovered at elevations above 1450 m^[1] on Mt. Mingan of the central Sierra Madre of Luzon in the Philippines and described in 2019.^[2]

References

↑ Lanese, M. (6 June 2019). "Worms lure two new species of hopping rats out of obscurity". Science News . Retrieved 2016-06-09.
↑ Rickart, E. A; Balete, D. S; Timm, R. M; Alviola, P. A; Esselstyn, J. A; Heaney, L. R (2019). "Two new species of shrew-rats (Rhynchomys: Muridae: Rodentia) from Luzon Island, Philippines". Journal of Mammalogy. 100 (4): 1112–1129. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyz066. hdl: 1808/29417 .

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[Lanese2019-1] Lanese, M. (6 June 2019). "Worms lure two new species of hopping rats out of obscurity". Science News . Retrieved 2016-06-09.

[Rickart2019-2] Rickart, E. A; Balete, D. S; Timm, R. M; Alviola, P. A; Esselstyn, J. A; Heaney, L. R (2019). "Two new species of shrew-rats (Rhynchomys: Muridae: Rodentia) from Luzon Island, Philippines". Journal of Mammalogy. 100 (4): 1112–1129. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyz066. hdl: 1808/29417 .

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