Archboldomys
| Archboldomys kalinga | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: |
Archboldomys Musser, 1982 |
| Species | |
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Archboldomys kalinga |
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| Distribution of Archboldomys in the northern Philippines. Red: A. kalinga Blue: A. musseri Light green: A. luzonensis |
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Archboldomys kalinga
Archboldomys luzonensis
Archboldomys musseri
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.
The species are:
A. kalinga was only discovered on March 30, 2000, and described in 2006.
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