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Bullimus
bagobus
Mearns,
1905. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 28:450.
©2002
ORDER—RODENTIA
FAMILY—Muridae
COMMON NAME—Large
Mindanao forest rat.
DISTRIBUTION—Widespread
in Mindanao Faunal Region; records from Bohol (FMNH), Dinagat (DMNH),
Leyte (USNM), Maripipi (USNM), Mindanao [Agusan del Norte (DMNH), Davao
del Sur (FMNH), Lanao del Norte (UPLB), Lanao del Sur (UPLB), Misamis
Occidental (FMNH), Misamis Oriental (UPLB), South Cotabato (AMNH), Surigao
del Sur (UPLB), and Zamboanga del Norte (FMNH) provinces], Samar (USNM),
and Siargao (DMNH).
HABITAT—Recorded
from ca. 200 m to 1800 m on Mindanao (Musser and Heaney, 1992), mostly
in lowland forest though occasionally in mossy forest (Sanborn, 1952),
from 300 m to 500 m in lowland forest on Leyte, and in montane forest
at 740 m on Maripipi (Rickart et al., 1993).
STATUS—Common
and widespread.
COMMENTS—The
genus Bullimus was recognized and defined by Musser (1982d) and
Musser and Heaney (1992). Includes Bullimus rabori (Musser,
1982d; Musser and Carleton, 1993; Musser and Heaney, 1992).
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