| Short-footed Luzon Tree Rat | |
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| The lower rodent is the Short-footed Luzon Tree Rat | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Carpomys |
| Species: | C. melanurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Carpomys melanurus Thomas, 1895 |
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The Short-footed Luzon Tree Rat or Greater dwarf cloud rat (Carpomys melanurus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the Philippines especially in northern luzon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
This species was long thought to be extinct. In 2008, Filipino researchers including Dr. Danilo Balete found a specimen in the canopy of Mount Pulag National Park, the first scientifically observed individual of the species since 1896.[1] The captured individual was "about 185 grams and has dense soft reddish-brown fur, a black mask around large dark eyes, small rounded ears, a broad and blunt snout and a long tail covered with dark hair".[1]