Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Phloeomys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Phloeomys
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Phloeomys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Phloeomys
Phloeomys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Phloeomys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Phloeomys Division. Part of the Philippine Old Endemics; phylogenetic relationships relative to genera in other areas of Indo-Australian region unresolved (Musser and Heaney, 1992). Originally included with the Asian Nesokia (in reality, a phylogenetic close relative of Bandicota and Rattus) in the Phloeomyinae by Alston (1976) because of their similar laminar molar occulusal patterns, but listed as the only genus in that subfamily by Thomas (1896). Considered a member of Phloeomyinae by Ta...