Mingan shrew rat

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]

Mingan shrew rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rhynchomys
Species:
R. mingan
Binomial name
Rhynchomys mingan
Rickart et al., 2019

References

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