Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Batomys Thomas, 1895 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6,16:162 . TYPE SPECIES: Batomys granti Thomas, 1895 . SYNONYMS: Mindanomys. COMMENTS: A Philippine Old Endemic in the same monophyletic group as Crateromys and Carpomys ( Musser and Heaney, 1992 ) . An undescribed species is found on Dinagat Isl. Actual distribution in archipelago and number of species in genus yet to be determined.