Batomys

{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range =

| image = Crunomys fallax and Batomys granti.jpg

| image_caption = Batomys granti (smaller lower animal)

| taxon = Batomys

| authority = Thomas, 1895

| range_map = Batomys.PNG

| range_map_caption = Distribution of Batomys

| type_species = Batomys granti

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

Batomys cagayanensis

Batomys dentatus

Batomys granti

Batomys hamiguitan

Batomys russatus

Batomys salomonseni

Batomys uragon

}}

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

Species

Genus Batomys - Luzon and Mindanao forest rats, 7 species recognized, six extant and one extinct:{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13001249 | pages = 1295-1296}}{{cite journal |author1=Balete, D.S. |author2=Heaney, L.R. |author3=Rickart, E.A. |author4=Quidlat, R.S. |author5=Ibañez, J.C. |year=2008 |title=A new species of Batomys (Mammalia: Muridae) from eastern Mindanao Island, Philippines |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=121 |issue=4 |pages=411–428 |doi=10.2988/07-47.1|s2cid=129828157 }}{{cite journal |author1=Balete, D.S. |author2=Rickart, E.A. |author3=Heaney, L.R. |author4=Jansa, S.A. |year=2015 |title=A new species of Batomys (Muridae, Rodentia) from southern Luzon Island, Philippines |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=128 |issue=1 |pages=22–39 |doi=10.2988/0006-324X-128.1.22|doi-access=free }}

  • Large-toothed hairy-tailed rat, Batomys dentatus {{small|Miller, 1911}}
  • Luzon hairy-tailed rat, Batomys granti {{small|Thomas, 1895}}
  • Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat, Batomys hamiguitan {{small|Balete, Heaney, Rickart, Quidlat & Ibanez, 2008}}
  • Dinagat hairy-tailed rat, Batomys russatus {{small|Musser, Heaney & Tabaranza Jr., 1998}}
  • Mindanao hairy-tailed rat, Batomys salomonseni {{small|(Sanborn, 1953)}}
  • Batomys uragon {{small|Balete, Rickart, Heaney & Jansa, 2015}}
  • {{extinct}} Batomys cagayanensis {{small|Ochoa, Mijares, Piper, Reyes, & Heaney, 2021}}{{Cite journal|last1=Ochoa|first1=Janine|last2=Mijares|first2=Armand S B|last3=Piper|first3=Philip J|last4=Reyes|first4=Marian C|last5=Heaney|first5=Lawrence R|date=2021-04-23|title=Three new extinct species from the endemic Philippine cloud rat radiation (Rodentia, Muridae, Phloeomyini)|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab023|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|volume=102 |issue=gyab023|pages=909–930 |doi=10.1093/jmammal/gyab023|issn=0022-2372|url-access=subscription}}

References

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{{Murinae (Oenomys–Pithecheir)}}

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Category:Rodents of the Philippines

Category:Rodent genera

Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas

Batomys

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