Soricomys
| Soricomys | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Soricomys Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, M. V. Duya, M. R. M. Duya, Sosa, and Jansa, 2012 |
| Species | |
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Soricomys kalinga | |
Soricomys, 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, Soricomys are somewhat convergent to the more distantly related Crunomys.
The species are:
- Soricomys kalinga
- Co's shrew mouse, Soricomys leonardocoi
- Southern Cordillera shrew mouse, Soricomys montanus
- Sierra Madre shrew mouse, Soricomys musseri
S. kalinga was only discovered on March 30, 2000, and described in 2006.