Genus of rodents
Crateromys is a genus of rodent, native to the Philippines, in the family Muridae.[1] It contains four species extant species, and one extinct species.
- Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys australis)
- Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys schadenbergi)
- Panay bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys heaneyi)
- Ilin Island bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys paulus)
- †Sierra Madre bushy-tailed cloud rat Crateromys ballik[2]
References
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1310–1311. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Ochoa, Janine; Mijares, Armand S B; Piper, Philip J; Reyes, Marian C; Heaney, Lawrence R (2021-04-23). "Three new extinct species from the endemic Philippine cloud rat radiation (Rodentia, Muridae, Phloeomyini)". Journal of Mammalogy. 102 (gyab023): 909–930. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyab023. ISSN 0022-2372.
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