White-bellied Luzon Tree Rat

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White-bellied Luzon Tree Rat
Fossil range: Recent
Carpomys phaeurus (upper animal)
Carpomys phaeurus (upper animal)
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Carpomys
Species: C. phaeurus
Binomial name
Carpomys phaeurus
Thomas, 1895

The White-bellied Luzon Tree Rat (Carpomys phaeurus) 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. Carpomys phaeurus. 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.
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