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 Distribution of Archboldomys in the northern Philippines.
Red: A. kalinga Blue: A. musseri Light green: A. luzonensis |
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Archboldomys kalinga |
Archboldomys, the shrew-mice, are a genus of rodents in the family Muridae. They are carnivores that feed on invertebrates much like shrews do. A apparently smaller relatives of the true shrew-rats Chrotomys and Rhynchomys, Archboldomys are somewhat convergent to the more distantly related Crunomys.1
- Mt Isarog Shrew-mouse, Archboldomys luzonensis
- Sierra Madre Shrew-mouse, Archboldomys musseri
- Cordillera Shrew-moouse, Archboldomys kalinga
A. kalinga was only discovered on March 30, 2000, and described in 2006.1
References
- Balete, Danilo S.; Rickart, Eric A. & Heaney, Lawrence R. (2006): A new species of the shrew-mouse, Archboldomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae), from the Philippines. Systematics and Biodiversity 4(4): 489–501. doi:10.1017/S1477200006002003 (HTML abstract)
- 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: 894-1531. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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