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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentiaa
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Hydromyini
Genus: Chrotomys
Species: Chrotomys mindorensis
Name

Chrotomys mindorensis Kellogg, 1945

Holotype: USNM 277639, adult ♂, skina nd skull, collected by Robert M. Roecker on 7 May 1945.
Type locality: “3 miles south-southeast of San Jose (Central), Mindoro Island, Philippine Islands. Altitude 200 feet”.

Combinations

Chrotomys whiteheadi mindorensis Kellogg, 1945: 123 [original combination, as subspecies]
Chrotomys mindorensis: Musser, Gordon & Sommer, 1982: 514 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Native distribution areas

Philippines: Luzon (lowland central areas) and Mindoro.

References
Primary references

Kellogg, R. 1945. Two new Philippine rodents. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 58: 121–124. BHL
Musser, G.G., Gordon, L.K. & Sommer, H. 1982. Species-Limits in the Philippine Murid, Chrotomys. Journal of Mammalogy 63(3): 515–521. DOI: 10.2307/1380457 Paywall Reference page.

Additional references

Rickart, E.A., Heaney, L.R., Goodman, S.M. & Jansa, S. 2005. Review of the Philippine Genera Chrotomys and Celaenomys (Murinae) and Description of a New Species. Journal of Mammalogy 86(2): 415–428. DOI: 10.1644/BEL-124.1 Open access Reference page.

Links

Balete, D.S., Duya, A., Heaney, L. & Kennerley, R. 2017. IUCN: Chrotomys mindorensis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T4808A22400859. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T4808A22400859.en. Accessed on 14 October 2023.

Vernacular names
English: Lowland Striped Shrew-Rat

The Mindoro striped rat (Chrotomys mindorensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the Philippines.
References

Balete, D.S.; Duya, A.; Heaney, L.; Kennerley, R. (2017). "Chrotomys mindorensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T4808A22400859. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T4808A22400859.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1305. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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