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Shrew-mice
''Archboldomys'', the shrew-mice, are a genus of rodents in the family (biology), family Muridae. They are carnivores that feed on invertebrates much like shrews do. An apparently smaller relatives of the true shrew-rats ''Chrotomys'' and ''Rhynchomys'', ''Archboldomys'' are somewhat convergent evolution, convergent to the more distantly related ''Crunomys''.Balete ''et al.'' (2006) The species are: * Mount Isarog shrew-mouse, ''Archboldomys luzonensis''Musser & Carleton (2005) * Large Cordillera shrew-mouse, ''Archboldomys maximus'' References * (2006): A new species of the shrew-mouse, ''Archboldomys'' (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae), from the Philippines. ''Systematics and Biodiversity'' 4(4): 489–501. (HTML abstract) * (2005): Superfamily Muroidea. ''In:'' : ''Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference'': 894–1531. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. * (1982): Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 110. ''Crunomys'' and the small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archboldomys
''Archboldomys'', the shrew-mice, are a genus of rodents in the family Muridae. They are carnivores that feed on invertebrates much like shrews do. An apparently smaller relatives of the true shrew-rats ''Chrotomys'' and '' Rhynchomys'', ''Archboldomys'' are somewhat convergent to the more distantly related ''Crunomys''.Balete ''et al.'' (2006) The species are: * Mount Isarog shrew-mouse, ''Archboldomys luzonensis''Musser & Carleton (2005) * Large Cordillera shrew-mouse, ''Archboldomys maximus'' References * (2006): A new species of the shrew-mouse, ''Archboldomys'' (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae), from the Philippines. ''Systematics and Biodiversity'' 4(4): 489–501. (HTML abstract) * (2005): Superfamily Muroidea. ''In:'' : ''Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference'': 894–1531. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. * (1982): Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 110. ''Crunomys'' and the small-bodied shrew rats native to the Philippine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |