Soricomys

Soricomys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Hydromyini
Genus: Soricomys
Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, M. V. Duya, M. R. M. Duya, Sosa, and Jansa, 2012
Species

Soricomys kalinga
Soricomys leonardocoi
Soricomys montanus
Soricomys musseri

Soricomys, 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, Soricomys are somewhat convergent to the more distantly related Crunomys.[1]

The species are:[2]

S. kalinga was only discovered on March 30, 2000, and described in 2006.[1]

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