Northern Luzon Shrew Rat

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Northern Luzon Shrew Rat
The upper rodent is the Northern Luzon Shrew Rat
The upper rodent is the Northern Luzon Shrew Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Crunomys
Species: C. fallax
Binomial name
Crunomys fallax
Thomas, 1897

The Northern Luzon Shrew Rat (Crunomys fallax) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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[edit] References

  • Baillie, J. 1996. Crunomys fallax. 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.