Higher classification Murinae | Phylum Chordata Scientific name Archboldomys Rank Genus | |
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Archboldomys, 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, Archboldomys are somewhat convergent to the more distantly related Crunomys.
The species are:
A. kalinga was only discovered on March 30, 2000, and described in 2006.
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