Musseromys
Musseromys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Phloeomyini |
Genus: | Musseromys Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Veluz & Jansa, 2009 |
Type species | |
Musseromys gulantang | |
Species | |
4, see text |
Musseromys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. Four species are known, all from Luzon, Philippines:[1][2]
- Musseromys gulantang
References[]
- ^ Heaney, L.R.; Balete, D.S.; Rickart, E.A.; Veluz, M.J.; Jansa, S.A. (2009). "Chapter 7. A New Genus and Species of Small 'Tree-Mouse' (Rodentia, Muridae) Related to the Philippine Giant Cloud Rats". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 331: 205–229. doi:10.1206/582-7.1. S2CID 34624491.
- ^ Heaney, L.R.; Balete, D.S.; Rickart, E.A.; Veluz, M.J.; Jansa, S.A. (2014). "Three New Species of Musseromys (Muridae, Rodentia), the Endemic Philippine Tree Mouse from Luzon Island". American Museum Novitates. 3802 (3802): 1–27. doi:10.1206/3802.1. S2CID 53542249.
Categories:
- Musseromys
- Rodents of the Philippines
- Rodent genera
- Endemic fauna of the Philippines
- Muridae stubs