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Shrew Rat
A shrew rat or shrew-rat is not a Rattus, true rat but a rodent that resembles a shrew in physical form and, presumably, lifestyle. There are twelve known species distributed across seven known genera, all from island southeast Asia, specifically the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and several islands of the Philippines: *''Chrotomys'', from the Philippines; **Isarog striped shrew rat (''Chrotomys gonzalesi'') **Blazed Luzon shrew rat (''Chrotomys silaceus'') **Sibuyan striped shrew rat (''Chrotomys sibuyanensis'') *''Crunomys'', from Sulawesi and the Philippines; ** Celebes shrew rat (''Crunomys celebensis'') ** Northern Luzon shrew rat (''Crunomys fallax'') ** Mindanao shrew rat (''Crunomys melanius'') *''Hyorhinomys'', from Sulawesi; **''Hyorhinomys stuempkei'' *''Melasmothrix'', from Sulawesi; **Sulawesian shrew rat (''Melasmothrix naso'') *''Paucidentomys'', from Sulawesi; ** ''Paucidentomys vermidax'' *''Rhynchomys'', from the Philippines; ** Mount Data shrew rat (''Rhynchomys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rattus
''Rattus'' is a genus of muroid rodents, all typically called rats. However, the term rat can also be applied to rodent species outside of this genus. Species and description The best-known ''Rattus'' species are the black rat (''R. rattus'') and the brown rat (''R. norvegicus''). The group is generally known as the Old World rats or true rats and originated in Asia. Rats are bigger than most Old World mouse, mice, which are their relatives, but seldom weigh over in the wild. Taxonomy of ''Rattus'' The genus ''Rattus'' is a member of the giant subfamily Murinae. Several other murine genera are sometimes considered part of ''Rattus'': ''Lenothrix'', ''Anonymomys'', ''Sundamys'', ''Kadarsanomys'', ''Diplothrix'', ''Margaretamys'', ''Lenomys'', ''Komodomys'', ''Palawanomys'', ''Bunomys'', ''Nesoromys'', ''Stenomys'', ''Taeromys'', ''Paruromys'', ''Abditomys'', ''Tryphomys'', ''Limnomys'', ''Tarsomys'', ''Bullimus'', ''Apomys'', ''Millardia'', ''Srilankamys'', ''Niviventer'', ''Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
