''Archboldomys'', the shrew-mice, are a
genus of
rodents 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 ...
. They are
carnivores that feed on
invertebrates much like
shrews do. An apparently smaller relatives of the true shrew-rats ''
Chrotomys
The genus ''Chrotomys'' contain a unique group of rodents found only in the Philippines, specifically the islands of Luzon, Mindoro, and Sibuyan. Instead of being predominantly herbivorous or omnivorous like other murines, these rats feed predo ...
'' and ''
Rhynchomys'', ''Archboldomys'' are somewhat
convergent to the more distantly related ''
Crunomys''.
[Balete ''et al.'' (2006)]
The
species are:
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Mount Isarog shrew-mouse
The Mount Isarog shrew-mouse (''Archboldomys luzonensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found only in the Philippines. Its natural habitats include subtropical or tropical dry forest. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habita ...
, ''Archboldomys luzonensis''
[Musser & Carleton (2005)]
*
Large Cordillera shrew-mouse
The large Cordillera shrew-mouse (''Archboldomys maximus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found only in the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republ ...
, ''Archboldomys maximus''
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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 Islands and Sulawesi (Celebes). ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' 174(1): 1-95.
Rodents of the Philippines
Rodent genera
Taxa named by Guy Musser
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Archboldomys
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