Chrotomys

Chrotomys whiteheadi

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Hydromyini
Genus: Chrotomys
Species (5): C. gonzalesi – C. mindorensis – C. sibuyanensis – C. silaceus – C. whiteheadi

Name

Chrotomys Thomas, 1895: 161

• Type species: Chrotomys whiteheadi Thomas, 1895, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Celaenomys Thomas, 1898: 390
  • Type species: Xeromys silaceus Thomas, 1895, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1895. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals from Northern Luzon, collected by Mr. John Whitehead. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 6 16: 160–164. BHL
• Thomas, O. 1898. On the mammals obtained by Mr. John Whitehead during his recent expedition to the Philippines. Transactions of The Zoological Society of London 14: 377–412. BHL

Additional references

• 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. 
• Rickart, E.A. & Heaney, L.R. 1991. A new species of Chrotomys (Muridae) from Luzon Island, Philippines. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 104(2): 387–398. BHL Reference page. 
• Musser, G.G. & Heaney, L.R. 1992. Philippine rodents: definitions of Tarsomys and Limnomys plus a preliminary assessment of phylogenetic patterns among native Philippine murines (Murinae, Muridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 211: 1–138. hdl: 2246/906 Reference page. 
• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Philippine Shrew-rats

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