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Batomys

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Family
  
Muridae

Scientific name
  
Batomys

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Rodentia

Subfamily
  
Murinae

Higher classification
  
Murinae

Batomys httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Lower classifications
  
Hamiguitan hairy‑tailed rat, Mindanao hairy‑tailed rat, Luzon hairy‑tailed rat, Large‑toothed hairy‑tailed rat

Batomys is a genus of rodent endemic to the Philippines. It has six described species.

Species

Genus Batomys - Luzon and Mindanao forest rats, 6 species recognized:

  • Large-toothed hairy-tailed rat, Batomys dentatus Miller, 1911
  • Luzon hairy-tailed rat, Batomys granti Thomas, 1895
  • Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat, Batomys hamiguitan Balete, Heaney, Rickart, Quidlat & Ibanez, 2008
  • Dinagat hairy-tailed rat, Batomys russatus Musser, Heaney & Tabaranza Jr., 1998
  • Mindanao hairy-tailed rat, Batomys salomonseni (Sanborn, 1953)
  • Batomys uragon Balete, Rickart, Henaey & Jansa, 2015
  • References

    Batomys Wikipedia