Blazed Luzon Shrew Rat

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Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Chrotomys
Species:	C. silaceus

Binomial name

Chrotomys silaceus
(Thomas, 1895)

The Blazed Luzon Shrew Rat (Chrotomys silaceus) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

[edit] References

Heaney, L. 1996. Celaenomys silaceus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.