Crateromys
| Crateromys Temporal range: Recent | |
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| Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys schadenbergi) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Crateromys Thomas, 1895 |
| Species | |
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Crateromys australis | |
Crateromys is a genus of rodent, native to the Philippines, in the family Muridae. It contains four species:
- Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys australis)
- Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys schadenbergi)
- Panay cloudrunner (Crateromys heaneyi)
- Ilin Island cloudrunner (Crateromys paulus)
References
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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