Tarsomys echinatus
Musser & Heaney, 1992
Spiny Moss Mouse
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Muridae |
| Subfamily | : Murinae |
| Tribe | : Rattini |
| Genus | : Tarsomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Musser, G.G. and Heaney, L.R. 1992. Philippine rodents: definitions of Tarsomys and Limnomys plus a preliminary assessment of phylogenetic patterns among native Philippine murines (Murinae, Muridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 211:1-138.
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Original name as described
Tarsomys echinatus
Other common names
Mindanao Spiny Rat · Spiny Tarsomys · Spiny Long-footed Rat
Type material
DMNH 5960
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Balisong, 823–1128 m, Tupi, Mount Matutum, South Cotabato Province, southern Mindanao Island, Philippines.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Philippines
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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