Batomys

Batomys is a genus of rodent endemic to the Philippines. It has six extant described species.

Batomys
Batomys granti (smaller lower animal)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Phloeomyini
Genus:	Batomys Thomas, 1895
Type species
Batomys granti
Species
Batomys cagayanensis Batomys dentatus Batomys granti Batomys hamiguitan Batomys russatus Batomys salomonseni Batomys uragon
Distribution of Batomys

Species

Genus Batomys - Luzon and Mindanao forest rats, 7 species recognized, six extant and one extinct:^[1][2][3]

• Large-toothed hairy-tailed rat, Batomys dentatus Miller, 1911
• Luzon hairy-tailed rat, Batomys granti Thomas, 1895
• Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat, Batomys hamiguitan Balete, Heaney, Rickart, Quidlat & Ibanez, 2008
• Dinagat hairy-tailed rat, Batomys russatus Musser, Heaney & Tabaranza Jr., 1998
• Mindanao hairy-tailed rat, Batomys salomonseni (Sanborn, 1953)
• Batomys uragon Balete, Rickart, Heaney & Jansa, 2015
• † Batomys cagayanensis Ochoa, Mijares, Piper, Reyes, & Heaney, 2021^[4]