Archboldomys

Archboldomys kalinga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	Archboldomys Musser, 1982
Species
Archboldomys kalinga Archboldomys luzonensis Archboldomys musseri
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Distribution of Archboldomys in the northern Philippines. Red: A. kalinga Blue: A. musseri Light green: A. luzonensis

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.

The species are:

• Mount Isarog shrew mouse, Archboldomys luzonensis
• Sierra Madre shrew mouse, Archboldomys musseri
• Cordillera shrew mouse, Archboldomys kalinga

A. kalinga was only discovered on March 30, 2000, and described in 2006.

References

• Balete, Danilo S.; Rickart, Eric A. & Heaney, Lawrence R. (2006): A new species of the shrew-mouse, Archboldomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae), from the Philippines. Systematics and Biodiversity 4(4): 489–501. doi:10.1017/S1477200006002003 (HTML abstract)
• Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. (2005): Superfamily Muroidea. In: Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.): Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference: 894-1531. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
• Musser, G.G. (1982): Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 110. Crunomys and the small-bodied shrew rats native to the Philippine Islands and Sulawesi (Celebes). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 174(1): 1-95.