Tarsomys orientalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Rattini
Genus: Tarsomys
Species: Tarsomys orientalis

Name

Tarsomys orientalis Rickart, Rowsey, Ibañez, Quidlat, Balete & Heaney, 2024

• Holotype: FMNH 194803, adult ♀, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by D.B. Tablada on 24 May 2007.
• Type locality: “2 km S, 2 km W Kampalili peak, Maragusan Municipality, Compostela Valley Province [now Davao de Oro Province], Philippines, 1,900 m elevation, 7.2866°N, 126.2753°E”.

References

Primary references

• Rickart, E.A., Rowsey, D.M., Ibañez, J.C., Quidlat, R.S., Balete, D.S. & Heaney, L.R. 2024. A new species of the endemic Tarsomys clade (Muridae, Rodentia) from eastern Mindanao Island, Philippines. Journal of Mammalogy in press. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyae051 Reference page.