Carpomys
Appearance
Carpomys Temporal range:
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Carpomys phaeurus (upper animal) and Carpomys melanurus (lower animal) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Phloeomyini |
Genus: | Carpomys Thomas, 1895 |
Type species | |
Carpomys melanurus | |
Species | |
Carpomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae.[1] It contains two extant species, and one extinct species:
- short-footed Luzon tree rat (Carpomys melanurus)
- white-bellied Luzon tree rat (Carpomys phaeurus)
- †Carpomys dakal[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1301. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Ochoa, Janine; Mijares, Armand S B; Piper, Philip J; Reyes, Marian C; Heaney, Lawrence R (2021-04-23). "Three new extinct species from the endemic Philippine cloud rat radiation (Rodentia, Muridae, Phloeomyini)". Journal of Mammalogy (gyab023). doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyab023. ISSN 0022-2372.