Soricomys
Soricomys, 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, Soricomys are somewhat convergent to the more distantly related Crunomys.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Soricomys Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, M. V. Duya, M. R. M. Duya, Sosa, and Jansa, 2012 |
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Soricomys kalinga | |
- Soricomys kalinga
- Co's shrew mouse, Soricomys leonardocoi
- Southern Cordillera shrew mouse, Soricomys montanus
- Sierra Madre shrew mouse, Soricomys musseri
S. kalinga was only discovered on March 30, 2000, and described in 2006.[1]
References
- Balete et al. (2006)
- Musser & Carleton (2005), Balete et al. (2006)
- 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.
- Musser, G.G. (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.
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