A NEW AGE OF DISCOVERY: PHILIPPINE MAMMAL SPECIES DESCRIBED SINCE 1975

It is sometimes thought that "the age of biological discovery" is long past, and that biodiversity, at least regarding the "higher vertebrates", is well known. The past 50 years has shown that to be far from the truth for mammals around the world, and especially for the Philippines. During that time, ​62 species of mammals previously unknown to the global scientific community were discovered and formally described, including Pleistocene and Holocene fossils; 46 of these were the result of the Philippine Mammal Project, as shown below. These newly discovered species range from giant fruit bats to giant cloud rats and tiny tree-mice, "tweezer-beaked hopping mice", squirrels, shrews, forest mice, and soft-furred relatives of hedgehogs. Most represent living species, but four are known only from fossils. They include species that are endemic to each of the many faunal regions of the Philippines, and from the lowlands to mossy forest at the tops of the mountains. More details are available in other portions of this website, including images of many in the posters.
In the following list, descriptions that were the full or partial product of the Philippine Mammal Project are indicated by an asterisk. Each citation includes author(s), year, journal, volume, number and page on which the species was formally named. Click on the name for a link to the original publication.
..62 previously unknown species of mammals were discovered and formally described in the scientific literature; 46 of these were the result of the Philippine Mammal Project, as shown below.
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Rhynchomys isarogensis
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Archboldomys luzonensis
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Chrotomys gonzalesi
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Apomys gracilirostris
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Chrotomys sibuyanensis
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Soricomys kalinga
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Dyacopterus rickarti
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Batomys hamiguitan
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Musseromys gulantag
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Apomys brownorum
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Apomys minganensis
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Apomys zambalensis
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Archboldomys maximus
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Soricomys montanus
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Soricomys leonardocoi
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Batomys uragon
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Palawanosorex
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Rhynchomys labo
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Bullimus carletoni
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Exinct fossil cloud rats. From top: Crateromys balik, Carpomys dakal, Batomys cagayanensis
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Baletemys kampalili
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Podogymnura intermedia

*Sundasciurus rabori. Heaney, 1979. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92: 281.

Ptenochirus minor. Yoshiyuki, 1979. Bulletin of the National Science Museum of Tokyo, ser. A (Zoology) 5: 75.

Anonymomys mindorensis. Musser, 1981. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 168: 300.

Rhynchomys isarogensis. Musser & Freeman, 1981. Journal of Mammalogy 62: 154.

Crateromys paulus. Musser & Gordon, 1981. Journal of Mammalogy 62: 515.

*Podogymnura aureospinula. Heaney & Morgan, 1982. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 95: 14.

Archboldomys luzonensis. Musser, 1982. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 174: 30.

Crunomys rabori. Musser, 1982. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 174: 14. (currently considered to be a synonym of C. melanius).

Palawanomys furvus. Musser & Newcomb, 1983. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 174: 335.

*Nyctimene rabori. Heaney & Peterson, 1984. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 708: 3.

*Rattus tawitawiensis. Musser & Heaney, 1985. American Museum Novitates 2818: 5.

*Crateromys australis. Musser, Heaney, & Rabor. 1985. American Museum Novitates 2821: 3.
 
*Chrotomys gonzalesi. Rickart & Heaney, 1991. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 104: 389.
 
*Tarsomys echinatus. Musser & Heaney, 1992. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 211: 33.
 
Apomys gracilirostris. Ruedas, 1995. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108: 305.
 
Crateromys heaneyi. Gonzales & Kennedy, 1996. Journal of Mammalogy 76: 26.
 
Sus oliveri. Groves, 1997. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 120: 186.
 
*Batomys russatus. Musser, Heaney, & Tabaranza, 1998. American Museum Novitates 3237: 34.
 
*Archboldomys musseri.  Rickart, Heaney, Balete, & Tabaranza, 1999. Fieldiana Zoology n.s. 89: 17.   Now considered to be a species of Soricomys.
 
*Crunomys suncoides.   Rickart, Heaney, Balete, & Tabaranza, 1999. Fieldiana Zoology n.s. 89: 8.  
 
*Bullimus gamay. Rickart, Heaney, & Tabaranza, 2002. Journal of Mammalogy 83: 427.
 
*Limnomys bryophilus. Rickart, Heaney, & Tabaranza, 2003. Journal of Mammalogy 84: 1445.
 
*Chrotomys sibuyanensis. Rickart, Heaney, Goodman, & Jansa, 2004. Journal of Mammalogy 86: 420.
 
*Apomys camiguinensis.  Heaney & Tabaranza, 2005. Fieldiana Zoology n.s. 106: 18.
 
*Archboldomys kalinga. Balete, Rickart, & Heaney, 2006. Systematics and Biodiversity 4: 491. Now considered to be a species of Soricomys.
 
*Bubalus cebuensis.  Croft, Heaney, Flynn, & Bautista, 2006. Journal of Mammalogy 87: 1039.
 
*Rhynchomys banahao. Balete, Rickart, Rosell-Ambal, Jansa, & Heaney, 2007. Journal of Mammalogy 88: 289.
 
*Rhynchomys tapulao. Balete, Rickart, Rosell-Ambal, Jansa, & Heaney, 2007. Journal of Mammalogy 88: 296.
 
Dyacopterus rickarti. Helgen, Kock, Gomez, Ingle, & Sinaga, 2007. Journal of Mammalogy 88: 311.
 
Styloctenium mindorensis. Esselstyn, 2007. Journal of Mammalogy 88: 953.
 
Crocidura panayensis. Hutterer, 2007. Lynx 38: 6.
 
Crocidura batakorum. Hutterer, 2007. Lynx 38: 11.
 
*Desmalopex microleucopterus. Esselstyn, Garcia, Saulog, & Heaney, 2008. Journal of Mammalogy 89: 817.
 
*Batomys hamiguitan. Balete, Heaney, Rickart, Quidlat, & Ibanez, 2008. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 121: 415.
 
*Musseromys gulantang. Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Veluz, & Jansa, 2009. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331: 216.
 
*Crocidura ninoyi. Esselstyn & Goodman, 2010. Journal of Mammalogy 91: 1468.
 
*Apomys brownorum. Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Alviola, Duya, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede, & Steppan, 2011. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 2: 25.
 
*Apomys banahao. Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Alviola, Duya, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede, & Steppan, 2011. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 2: 28.
 
*Apomys minganensis. Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Alviola, Duya, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede, & Steppan, 2011. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 2: 30.
 
*Apomys sierrae. Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Alviola, Duya, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede, & Steppan, 2011. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 2: 34.
 
*Apomys magnus. Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Alviola, Duya, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede, & Steppan, 2011. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 2: 42.

*Apomys aurorae. Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Alviola, Duya, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede, & Steppan, 2011. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 2: 45.
 
*Apomys zambalensis. Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Alviola, Duya, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede, & Steppan, 2011. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 2: 49.
 
*Archboldomys maximus. Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, Duya, Duya, Sosa, & Jansa, 2012. American Museum Novitates 3754: 33.
 
*Soricomys montanus. Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, Duya, Duya, Sosa, & Jansa, 2012. American Museum Novitates 3754: 44.
 
*Soricomys leonardocoi. Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, Duya, Duya, Sosa, & Jansa, 2012. American Museum Novitates 3754: 49.
 
*Apomys iridensis. Heaney, Balete, Veluz, Steppan, Esselstyn, Pfeiffer, & Rickart, 2014. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126: 408.
 
*Apomys lubangensis. Heaney, Balete, Veluz, Steppan, Esselstyn, Pfeiffer, & Rickart, 2014. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126:405.
 
*Musseromys inopinatus. Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Veluz, & Jansa, 2014. American Museum Novitates 3802: 14.
 
*Musseromys beneficus. Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Veluz, & Jansa, 2014. American Museum Novitates 3802: 17.
 
*Musseromys anacuao. Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Veluz, & Jansa, 2014. American Museum Novitates 3802: 20.
 
*Batomys uragon. Balete, Rickart, Heaney, & Jansa, 2015. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 128: 28.
 
Celebochoerus cagayanensis. Ingicco, van den Bergh, de Vos, Castro, Amano, & Bautista, 2016. Geobios 49: 285-291.

*Palawanosorex muscorum. Hutterer, Balete, Giarla, Heaney, & Esselstyn, 2018. Journal of Mammalogy 99: 522.

Homo luzonensis. Detroit, Mijares, Corny, Daver, Zanolli, Dizon, Robles, Grun, & Piper, 2019.
Nature 568:181.
 
*Rhynchomys labo. Rickart, Balete, Timm, Alviola, Esselstyn, & Heaney, 2019. Journal of Mammalogy 100: 1117.
 
*Rhynchomys mingan. Rickart,  Balete, Timm, Alviola, Esselstyn, & Heaney, 2019. Journal of Mammalogy 100: 1123.
 
*Batomys cagayanensis. Ochoa, Mijares, Piper, Reyes, & Heaney, 2021. Journal of Mammalogy 102: 923.
 
*Carpomys dakal. Ochoa, Mijares, Piper, Reyes, & Heaney, 2021. Journal of Mammalogy 102: 918
 
*Crateromys balik. Ochoa, Mijares, Piper, Reyes, & Heaney, 2021. Journal of Mammalogy 102: 921.

*Bullimus carletoni. Heaney, Kyriazis, Balete, Rickart, & Bates. 2021.  Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 134:140.

*Baletemys kampalili. Rowsey, Duya, Ibanez, Jansa, Rickart, & Heaney. 2022. Journal of Mammalogy, 103:1267, DOI .org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac057. 

*Podogymnura intermedia. Balete, Heaney, Rickart, Quidlat, Rowsey, & Olson. Zootaxa, 5228 (3): 258. doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5228.3.2
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