Archboldomys

Archboldomys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Hydromyini
Genus: Archboldomys
Musser, 1982
Species

Archboldomys luzonensis
Archboldomys maximus

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.[1]

The species are:

  1. ^ a b Balete et al. (2006)
  2. ^ Musser & Carleton (2005)