Batomys
Genus of rodents
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Batomys is a genus of rodent endemic to the Philippines. It has six extant described species.
| Batomys | |
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| Batomys granti (smaller lower animal) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Phloeomyini |
| Genus: | Batomys Thomas, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Batomys granti | |
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Batomys cagayanensis | |
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| Distribution of Batomys | |
Species
Genus Batomys - Luzon and Mindanao forest rats, 7 species recognized, six extant and one extinct:[1][2][3]
- Large-toothed hairy-tailed rat, Batomys dentatus Miller, 1911
- Luzon hairy-tailed rat, Batomys granti Thomas, 1895
- Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat, Batomys hamiguitan Balete, Heaney, Rickart, Quidlat & Ibanez, 2008
- Dinagat hairy-tailed rat, Batomys russatus Musser, Heaney & Tabaranza Jr., 1998
- Mindanao hairy-tailed rat, Batomys salomonseni (Sanborn, 1953)
- Batomys uragon Balete, Rickart, Heaney & Jansa, 2015
- † Batomys cagayanensis Ochoa, Mijares, Piper, Reyes, & Heaney, 2021[4]
