Tarsomys echinatus

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: Rattini
Genus: Tarsomys
Species: Tarsomys echinatus

Name

Tarsomys echinatus Musser & Heaney, 1992: 33

• Holotype: DMNH 5960, adult ♂, skin and skull.
• Type locality: “Balisong, Tupi, Mt. Matutum, South Cotabato Province, southern Mindanao”, Philippines.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

• Heaney, L. & Balete, D. 2008. IUCN: Tarsomys echinatus  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T21496A9290313. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T21496A9290313.en

Vernacular names

English: Spiny Tarsomys/Long-footed Rat, Mindanao Spiny Rat