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:
Sommeromys
Sommeromys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Sommeromys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Crunomys Division. Monotypic and represented only by the holotype. Morphology of skin, skull, dentition, and stomach described and contrasted with other murines, particularly the Sulawesian shrew rats (Melasmothrix, Tateomys, and Echiothrix) and Sulawesi and Philippine shrew mice (Crunomys) by Musser and Durden (2002). Certain derived cranial osteological and cephalic arterial complexes suggest affinity with Crunomys; otherwise, Sommeromys has no close morphological or phylogenetic affinity...