Archboldomys

{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}

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| taxon = Archboldomys

| authority = Musser, 1982

| subdivision_ranks = Species

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Archboldomys luzonensis

Archboldomys maximus

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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.Balete et al. (2006)

The species are:

References

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  • {{aut|Balete, Danilo S.; Rickart, Eric A. & Heaney, Lawrence R.}} (2006): A new species of the shrew-mouse, Archboldomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae), from the Philippines. Systematics and Biodiversity 4(4): 489–501. {{doi|10.1017/S1477200006002003}} (HTML abstract)
  • {{aut|Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D.}} (2005): Superfamily Muroidea. In: {{aut|Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.)}}: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference: 894–1531. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
  • {{aut|Musser, G.G.}} (1982): Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 110. Crunomys and the small-bodied shrew rats native to the Philippine Islands and Sulawesi (Celebes). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 174(1): 1-95.

{{Murinae (Aethomys–Chrotomys)}}

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Category:Rodents of the Philippines

Category:Rodent genera

Category:Taxa named by Guy Musser

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Archboldomys

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