Northern Luzon shrew rat
Northern Luzon Shrew Rat | |
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The upper rodent is the Northern Luzon Shrew Rat | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Crunomys |
Species: | C. fallax |
Binomial name | |
Crunomys fallax Thomas, 1897 | |
The Northern Luzon Shrew Rat (Crunomys fallax) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Crunomys fallax. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
- 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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