A shrew rat or shrew-rat is not a
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
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
n island of
Sulawesi
Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Min ...
and several islands of 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 ...
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Chrotomys
The genus ''Chrotomys'' contain a unique group of rodents found only in the Philippines, specifically the islands of Luzon, Mindoro, and Sibuyan. Instead of being predominantly herbivorous or omnivorous like other murines, these rats feed pre ...
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Isarog striped shrew rat (''Chrotomys gonzalesi'')
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Blazed Luzon shrew rat (''Chrotomys silaceus'')
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Sibuyan striped shrew rat (''Chrotomys sibuyanensis'')
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Crunomys'', from Sulawesi and the Philippines;
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Celebes shrew rat (''Crunomys celebensis'')
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Northern Luzon shrew rat (''Crunomys fallax'')
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Mindanao shrew rat (''Crunomys melanius'')
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Hyorhinomys'', from Sulawesi;
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Hyorhinomys stuempkei''
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Melasmothrix'', from Sulawesi;
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Sulawesian shrew rat (''Melasmothrix naso'')
*''Paucidentomys'', from Sulawesi;
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Paucidentomys vermidax
''Paucidentomys'' is a genus of rodents of a type commonly known as shrew-rats which was discovered in 2012 in a remote rainforest on the Indonesian island, Sulawesi. The genus is Monotypic taxon, monotypic, consisting of the species ''Paucidento ...
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Rhynchomys'', from the Philippines;
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Mount Data shrew rat (''Rhynchomys soricoides'')
Thomas, 1895
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Banahao shrew rat (''Rhynchomys banahao'')
Balete ''et al.'', 2007
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Isarog shrew rat, (''Rhynchomys isarogensis'')
Musser and Freeman, 1981
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Labo shrew rat (''Rhynchomys labo'')
Rickart ''et al.'', 2019
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Mingan shrew rat (''Rhynchomys mingan'')
Rickart ''et al.'', 2019
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Tapulao shrew rat (''Rhynchomys tapulao'')
Balete ''et al.'', 2007
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Tateomys'', from Sulawesi.
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Long-tailed shrew rat (''Tateomys macrocercus'')
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Tate's shrew rat (''Tateomys rhinogradoides'')
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