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Phloeomys

Index Phloeomys

Phloeomys is a small genus of rodents in the family Muridae. [1]

14 relations: Animal, Chordate, Endemism, Genus, George Robert Waterhouse, Luzon, Mammal, Muridae, Murinae, Northern Luzon giant cloud rat, Philippines, Rodent, Southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat, Species.

Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Chordate

A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.

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Endemism

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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George Robert Waterhouse

George Robert Waterhouse (6 March 1810 – 21 January 1888) was an English naturalist.

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Luzon

Luzon is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines.

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Mammal

Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (from Latin mamma "breast"), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.

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Muridae

The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing over 700 species found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.

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Murinae

The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species.

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Northern Luzon giant cloud rat

The northern Luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) is a large species of rodent in the family Muridae.

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Philippines

The Philippines (Pilipinas or Filipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is a unitary sovereign and archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Rodent

Rodents (from Latin rodere, "to gnaw") are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.

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Southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat

The southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat or southern Luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys cumingi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae, found only in the Philippines.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phloeomys

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