Chrotomys mindorensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Genus: Chrotomys
Species: Chrotomys mindorensis

Name

Chrotomys mindorensis Kellogg, 1945

• Holotype: USNM 277639, adult ♂, skina nd skull, collected by Robert M. Roecker on 7 May 1945.
• Type locality: “3 miles south-southeast of San Jose (Central), Mindoro Island, Philippine Islands. Altitude 200 feet”.

Combinations

• Chrotomys whiteheadi mindorensis Kellogg, 1945: 123 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Chrotomys mindorensis: Musser, Gordon & Sommer, 1982: 514 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Native distribution areas

• Philippines: Luzon (lowland central areas) and Mindoro.

References

Primary references

• Kellogg, R. 1945. Two new Philippine rodents. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 58: 121–124. BHL
• Musser, G.G., Gordon, L.K. & Sommer, H. 1982. Species-Limits in the Philippine Murid, Chrotomys. Journal of Mammalogy 63(3): 515–521. DOI: 10.2307/1380457 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Rickart, E.A., Heaney, L.R., Goodman, S.M. & Jansa, S. 2005. Review of the Philippine Genera Chrotomys and Celaenomys (Murinae) and Description of a New Species. Journal of Mammalogy 86(2): 415–428. DOI: 10.1644/BEL-124.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Balete, D.S., Duya, A., Heaney, L. & Kennerley, R. 2017. IUCN: Chrotomys mindorensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T4808A22400859. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T4808A22400859.en. Accessed on 14 October 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Lowland Striped Shrew-Rat