Archboldomys

Taxobox
name = "Archboldomys"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
subfamilia = Murinae
genus = "Archboldomys"
genus_authority = Musser, 1982
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Archboldomys kalinga"
"Archboldomys luzonensis"
"Archboldomys musseri"
range_

range_map_caption = Distribution of "Archboldomys" in the northern Philippines. Red: "A. kalinga" Blue: "A. musseri" Light green: "A. luzonensis"

"Archboldomys", the shrew-mice, are a genus of rodents in the family Muridae. They are carnivores that feed on invertebrates much like shrews do. A apparently smaller relatives of the true shrew-rats "Chrotomys" and "Rhynchomys", "Archboldomys" are somewhat convergent to the more distantly related "Crunomys".Balete "et al." (2006)]

The species are: [Musser & Carleton (2005), Balete "et al." (2006)]
* Mt Isarog Shrew-mouse, "Archboldomys luzonensis"
* Sierra Madre Shrew-mouse, "Archboldomys musseri"
* Cordillera Shrew-moouse, "Archboldomys kalinga"

"A. kalinga" was only discovered on March 30, 2000, and described in 2006.

References

* (2006): A new species of the shrew-mouse, "Archboldomys" (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae), from the Philippines. "Systematics and Biodiversity" 4(4): 489–501. doi|10.1017/S1477200006002003 (HTML abstract)
* (2005): Superfamily Muroidea. "In:" aut|Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.): "Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference": 894-1531. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.