Animals Named for Richard Archbold - Archboldomys luzonensis-2, Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida, 12 March 2007, Fred E. Lohrer.

Archbold Biological Station founded in 1941 by Richard Archbold

Animals named for Richard Archbold: Archboldomys luzonensis Musser (Rodentia: Muridae). Mount Isarog Shrew Rat-2.

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Archboldomys luzonensis Musser (Rodentia: Muridae). Mount Isarog Shrew Rat.--Musser, G.G. 1982. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 110. Crunomys and the small-bodied shrew rats native to the Philippine Islands and Sulawesi (Celebes). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 174:1-95. <http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1021> -- The type specimen of this shrew rat was collected at Mt. Isarog, 6560 feet, southeastern Luzon Island, Camarines Sur Province, Philippine Islands, on 24 April 1961 by D. S. Rabor. The genus is named for "The late Mr. Richard Archbold." Image of dedication page (p. 31).

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