Chiropodomys calamianensis

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: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida 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: Chiropodomys
Species: Chiropodomys calamianensis

Name

Chiropodomys calamianensis (Taylor, 1934)

• Holotype: UIMNH 33391 (formerly EHT 104), ♀, body in alcohol witk skull removed, collected by E.H. Taylor on 18 April 1918.
• Type locality: “at sea level near Minuit, Busuanga Island, Calamianes”, Philippines.

Combinations

• Insulaemus calamianensis Taylor, 1934: 470 [Original combination]
• Chiropodomys calamianensis: Ellerman, 1941: 86 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Philippines: Balabac, Busuanga and Palawan islands.

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1934. Philippine Land Mammals. Monographs of the Bureau of Science 30: 1–548. GoogleBooks Reference page. 
• Ellerman, J.R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Volume 2. Family Muridae. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. xii + 690 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Tate, G.H.H. 1936. Some Muridae of the Indo-Australian Region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 72: 501–728. hdl: 2246/834 Reference page. 
• Musser, G.G. 1979. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 102. The species of Chiropodomys, arboreal mice of Indochina and the Malay Archipelago. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 162: 377–445. hdl: 2246/1071 Reference page. 

Links

• Kennerley, R. 2016. IUCN: Chiropodomys calamianensis  (Data Deficient) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T4679A115069993. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T4679A22412553.en. Accessed on 23 April 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse