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Tweezer-beaked Rats
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Tweezer-beaked Rats

Rhynchomys

The shrewlike rats, genus Rhynchomys, also known as the tweezer-beaked rats are a group of unusual Old World rats found only on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. They look a great deal like shrews and are an example of convergent evolution. Shrewlike rats evolved to be vermivores (worm-eaters) and insectivores feeding on soft-bodied invertebrates associated with leaf litter.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Isarog Tweazer-beaked Rat

speciesRhynchomys isarogensis

Banahao Tweazer-beaked Rat

speciesRhynchomys banahao

Mingan Shrew Rat

speciesRhynchomys mingan

Labo Shrew Rat

speciesRhynchomys labo

Tapulao Tweazer-beaked Rat

speciesRhynchomys tapulao

Data Tweazer-beaked Rat

speciesRhynchomys soricoides

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45355.