Three New Species of Musseromys (Muridae, Rodentia), the Endemic Philippine Tree Mouse from Luzon Island Author Heaney, Lawrence R. Author Balete, Danilo S. Author Rickart, Eric A. Author Veluz, Maria Josefa Author Jansa, Sharon A. text American Museum Novitates 2014 2014-05-16 2014 3802 1 1 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3802.1 journal article 10.1206/3802.1 0003-0082 5366533 Musseromys beneficus , new species Figures 2 , 3 , 4C, 5C, 6C, 9; Tables 2 , 3 HOLOTYPE : FMNH 198714 . Adult female collected on 19 April 2008 , field number D. S. Balete 5326. Fresh tissues were removed from the thigh and placed in DMSO buffer solution. The rest of the specimen was initially fixed in formalin, now preserved in ethyl alcohol with skull (fig. 6C)