Musseromys Heaney et al., 2009

Heaney, Lawrence R., Balete, Danilo S., Rickart, Eric A., Veluz, Maria Josefa & Jansa, Sharon A., 2014, Three New Species of Musseromys (Muridae, Rodentia), the Endemic Philippine Tree Mouse from Luzon Island, American Museum Novitates 2014 (3802), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Musseromys Heaney et al., 2009

TYPE SPECIES: Musseromys gulantang Heaney et al., 2009: 216 .

INCLUDED SPECIES: The type species, M. inopinatus new species, M. beneficus new species, and M. anacuao new species.

DISTRIBUTION: Known from four mountainous areas in central and northern Luzon: Mt. Banahaw, the Central Cordillera (Mt. Amuyao and Mt. Pulag), and the northern Sierra Madre (Mt. Anacuao; fig. 1).

EMENDED DIAGNOSIS: A member of the Muridae , subfamily Murinae , as defined and diagnosed by Carleton and Musser (1984) and Musser and Carleton (2005). Musseromys is defined phylogenetically as the most recent common ancestor of M. gulantang , M. inopinatus , n. sp., M. beneficus , n. sp., and M. anacuao , n. sp., and all of its descendants (fig. 3). This emended diagnosis is based primarily on one adult specimen of M. gulantang with cleaned skull, and