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Crateromys schadenbergi Meyer 1895

Description

Crateromys schadenbergi Meyer 1895

Crateromys schadenbergi Meyer 1895, Abh. Mus. Dresden, 6: 1.

Type Locality: Philippines, N Luzon Isl, Mountain Province, Mt Data.

Vernacular Names: Luzon Crateromys.

Distribution: Greater Luzon Faunal Region in the Philippines. Endemic to the mountains of N Luzon (Heaney et al., 1998; Oliver et al., 1993; Sanborn, 1952 a).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: The largest-bodied of all the species of Crateromys and an arboreal inhabitant of oak-pine forest where it builds stick-nests in tree crowns for shelter (Oliver et al., 1993; Heaney et al., 1998). In many ways, C. schadenbergi is an ecological and morphological equivalent of large-bodied tropical tree squirrels (Sciuridae), which do not occur in the Greater Luzon Faunal Region.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 1189-1531 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1310, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Meyer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Crateromys
Species
schadenbergi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Crateromys schadenbergi Meyer, 1895 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Heaney, L. R., D. S. Balete, M. L. Dolar, A. C. Alcala, A. T. L. Dans, P. C. Gonzales, N. R. Ingle, M. V. Lepiten, W. L. R. Oliver, P. S. Ong, E. A. Rickart, B. R. Tabaranza, Jr., and R. C. B. Utzurrum. 1998. A synopsis of the mammalian fauna of the Philippine Islands. Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 88: 1 - 61.
  • Oliver, W. L. R., C. R. Cox, P. C. Gonzales, and L. R. Heaney. 1993. Cloud rats in the Philippines-preliminary report on distribution and status. Oryx, 27 (1): 41 - 48.
  • Sanborn, C. C. 1952 a. Philippine Zoological Expedition 1946 - 1947. Fieldiana: Zoology, 33: 89 - 158.