Phloeomys

Genus of rodents

Phloeomys
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Northern Luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Phloeomyini
Genus: Phloeomys
Waterhouse, 1839
Type species
Mus (Phloeomys) cumingi[1]
Species

Phloeomys cumingi
Phloeomys pallidus

Phloeomys, the slender-tailed cloud rats, is a genus of large rodents in the family Muridae. Both species in this genus are endemic to the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Although their tail is covered by hairs, it is considerably less dense and shorter than in the rarer bushy-tailed cloud rats (genus Crateromys) that also inhabit the Philippines.[2]

Species

Phloeomys contains two species,[1] but the taxonomic limits between them are not fully resolved.[3]

See also

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. pp. 1437–1438. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Oliver; et al. (1993). "Cloud rats in the Philippines — preliminary report on distribution and status". Oryx. 27: 41–48. doi:10.1017/s0030605300023942.
  3. ^ Heaney, L.; Balete, D.; Ong, P. (2016). "Phloeomys pallidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T17004A22454049. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T17004A22454049.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Oenomys–Pithecheir)
Oenomys
Division
Grammomys
  • Arid thicket rat (G. aridulus)
  • G. brevirostris
  • Bunting's thicket rat (G. buntingi)
  • Gray-headed thicket rat (G. caniceps)
  • Mozambique thicket rat (G. cometes)
  • Woodland thicket rat (G. dolichurus)
  • Forest thicket rat (G. dryas)
  • Giant thicket rat (G. gigas)
  • Ruwenzori thicket rat (G. ibeanus)
  • Eastern rainforest thicket rat (G. kuru)
  • Macmillan's thicket rat (G. macmillani)
  • Ethiopian thicket rat (G. minnae)
  • Shining thicket rat (G. poensis)
  • Selous thicket rat (G. selousi)
Lamottemys
  • Mount Oku rat (L. okuensis)
Oenomys
(Rufous-nosed rats)
  • Common rufous-nosed rat (O. hypoxanthus)
  • Ghana rufous-nosed rat (O. ornatus)
Thallomys
(Acacia rats)
  • Loring's rat (T. loringi)
  • Black-tailed tree rat (T. nigricauda)
  • Acacia rat (T. paedulcus)
  • Shortridge's rat (T. shortridgei)
Thamnomys
(Thicket rats)
  • Kemp's thicket rat (T. kempi)
  • Hatt's thicket rat (T. major)
  • Charming thicket rat (T. venustus)
Phloeomys
Division
Batomys
(Luzon and Mindanao
forest rats)
  • Large-toothed hairy-tailed rat (B. dentatus)
  • Luzon hairy-tailed rat (B. granti)
  • Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat (B. hamiguitan)
  • Dinagat hairy-tailed rat (B. russatus)
  • Mindanao hairy-tailed rat (B. salomonseni)
  • Mount Isarog hairy-tailed rat (B. uragon)
Carpomys
(Luzon rats)
  • Short-footed Luzon tree rat (C. melanurus)
  • White-bellied Luzon tree rat (C. phaeurus)
Crateromys
(Cloudrunners)
  • Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat (C. australis)
  • Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat (C. schadenbergi)
  • Panay cloudrunner (C. heaneyi)
  • Ilin Island cloudrunner (C. paulus)
Phloeomys
(Slender-tailed
cloud rats)
  • Southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat (P. cumingi)
  • Northern Luzon giant cloud rat (P. pallidus)
Pithecheir
Division
Eropeplus
  • Sulawesi soft-furred rat (E. canus)
Lenomys
  • Trefoil-toothed giant rat (L. meyeri)
Lenothrix
  • Gray tree rat (L. canus)
Margaretamys
(Margareta's rats)
  • Beccari's margareta rat (M. beccarii)
  • Christine's margareta rat (M. christinae)
  • Elegant margareta rat (M. elegans)
  • Little margareta rat (M. parvus)
Pithecheir
(Monkey-footed rats)
  • Red tree rat (P. melanurus)
  • Malayan tree rat (P. parvus)
Pithecheirops
  • Bornean pithecheirops (P. otion)
See also
Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Phloeomys


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