Crateromys
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Crateromys Fossil range: Recent |
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Crateromys australis |
Crateromys is a genus of rodent, native to the Philippines, in the Muridae family. It contains four species:
- Dinagat Bushy-Tailed Cloud Rat (Crateromys australis)
- Giant Bushy-Tailed Cloud Rat (Crateromys schadenbergi)
- Panay Cloudrunner (Crateromys heaneyi)
- Ilin Island Cloudrunner (Crateromys paulus)
[edit] References
- 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.