Batomys Thomas 1895

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1295

Batomys Thomas 1895

Batomys Thomas 1895 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 16: 162.

Type Species: Batomys granti Thomas 1895

Synonyms: Mindanaomys Sanborn 1953 .

Species and subspecies: 4 species:

Species Batomys dentatus Miller 1911

Species Batomys granti Thomas 1895

Species Batomys russatus Musser, Heaney, and Tabaranza, Jr. 1998

Species Batomys salomonseni Sanborn 1953

Discussion: Phloeomys Division. A Philippine Old Endemic ( Musser and Heaney, 1992). Using morphological data, Musser and Heaney (1992) placed Batomys in the same monophyletic group as Crateromys and Carpomys and among some alternative hypotheses about relationships suggested that Phloeomys may also be a member of this group. Phylogenetic analyses of complete mtDNA cytochrome b sequences for 13 of the 16 genera of Philippine murines bring together Batomys , Crateromys , and Phloeomys in a clade separate from those formed by other Old Endemic genera; species of Carpomys were not sampled ( Jansa and Heaney, 2001). Revised by Musser et al. (1998 a).