Haeromys
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''Haeromys'' is a genus of
rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...
in the family
Muridae The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. The name Muridae come ...
endemic to
Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
. It contains the following species: *
Ranee mouse The ranee mouse (''Haeromys margarettae'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is restricted to the island of Borneo, in the provinces of Sarawak (Malaysia) and Sabah (Malaysia). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry fo ...
(''Haeromys margarettae'') *
Minahassa ranee mouse The Minahassa ranee mouse (''Haeromys minahassae'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only on the island of Sulawesi (Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and O ...
(''Haeromys minahassae'') * Lesser ranee mouse (''Haeromys pusillus'')


References

* Rodent genera Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Murinae-stub