The Labo shrew rat (''Rhynchomys labo'') is a species of
shrewlike rat
The shrewlike rats, genus ''Rhynchomys'', also known as the tweezer-beaked rats are a group of unusual Murinae, Old World rats found only on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. They look a great deal like shrews and are an example of converg ...
in the subfamily
Murinae
The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. Members of this subfamily are called murines. In terms of species richness, this subfamily is larger than all mammal families excep ...
. It was discovered at elevations above 1250 m
on
Mt. Labo of the
Bicol Peninsula
The Bicol Region, designated as Region V, is an administrative region of the Philippines. It comprises six provinces, four on the Bicol Peninsula (the southeastern end of Luzon): Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, and Sorsogon, and two ...
of
Luzon
Luzon ( , ) is the largest and most populous List of islands in the Philippines, island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the List of islands of the Philippines, Philippine archipelago, it is the economic and political ce ...
in the
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
and described in 2019.
References
Rhynchomys
Mammals described in 2019
Rhynchomys labo
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