Batomys russatus Musser, Heaney, and Tabaranza, Jr. 1998
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Batomys russatus Musser, Heaney, and Tabaranza, Jr. 1998
Batomys russatus Musser, Heaney, and Tabaranza, Jr. 1998 , Am. Mus . Novit., 3237: 34.
Type Locality: Philippines, Dinagat Isl (Surigao del Norte Province), Plaridel Municipality, Libjo (=Albor).
Vernacular Names: Russet Batomys.
Distribution: Greater Mindanao Faunal Region. Endemic to Dinagat Isl in lowland tropical evergreen rainforest.
Discussion: Sympatric with B. salomonseni . Unique among all species of living Murinae in retaining a complete cephalic arterial pattern (the primitive configuration for muroid rodents) as indicated by the presence of a sphenofrontal foramen, squamosal-alisphenoid groove, large stapedial foramen, and groove scoring ventral surface of posterolateral pterygoid plate ( Musser et al., 1998 a). Batomys russatus is part of a small cluster of mammals endemic to Dinagat (which includes Crateromys australis and Podogymnura aureospinula ).
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