Crateromys
Crateromys Temporal range:
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Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys schadenbergi) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Phloeomyini |
Genus: | Crateromys Thomas, 1895 |
Species | |
Crateromys australis |
Crateromys is a genus of rodent, native to the Philippines, in the family Muridae. It contains four species extant species, and one extinct species.
- Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys australis)
- Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys schadenbergi)
- Panay cloudrunner (Crateromys heaneyi)
- Ilin Island cloudrunner (Crateromys paulus)
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References[]
Further reading[]
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1310–1311. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
References[]
- ^ Ochoa, Janine; Mijares, Armand S B; Piper, Philip J; Reyes, Marian C; Heaney, Lawrence R (2021-04-23). "Three new extinct species from the endemic Philippine cloud rat radiation (Rodentia, Muridae, Phloeomyini)". Journal of Mammalogy (gyab023). doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyab023. ISSN 0022-2372.
Categories:
- Crateromys
- Rodents of the Philippines
- Rodent genera
- Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
- Endemic fauna of the Philippines
- Murinae stubs