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Crunomys suncoides Rickart, Heaney, Tabaranza, Jr., and Balete 1998

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Crunomys suncoides Rickart, Heaney, Tabaranza, Jr., and Balete 1998

Crunomys suncoides Rickart, Heaney, Tabaranza, Jr., and Balete 1998, Fieldiana Zool., n. s., 89: 8.

Type Locality: Philippines, Mindanao Isl, Bukidnon Province, 18.5 km S, 4 km E Camp Phillips, 2250 m, 08°09'N, 124°51'E.

Vernacular Names: Katanglad Shrew Mouse.

Distribution: Greater Mindanao Faunal Region. Known only from the type locality but may occur elsewhere on Mindanao in primary tropical upper montane rainforest (Rickart et al., 1998).

Discussion: Recorded only by the holotype. On Mt Katanglad, the montane C. suncoides is separated by about 700 m from the upper altitudinal range limits of C. melanius, which also occurs elsewhere in lowlands near sea level (Rickart et al., 1998). Standard karyotype (2n = FN = 36) substantially different from any other Philippine Old Endemic (Rickart et al., 1998; Rickart and Heaney, 2002).

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 1313, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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References

  • Rickart, E. A., L. R. Heaney, B. R. Tabaranza, Jr., and D. S. Balete. 1998. A review of the genera Crunomys and Archboldomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae), with descriptions of two new species from the Philippines. Fieldianna: Zoology, n. s., 89: 1 - 24.