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Celaenomys
silaceus
(Thomas,
1895). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 16:161.
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ORDER—RODENTIA
FAMILY—Muridae
COMMON NAME—Blazed
Luzon shrew-rat.
DISTRIBUTION—Northern
Luzon only. Records are from high elevation forest in Benguet (FMNH).
HABITAT—In
thick vegetation in mossy forest at 2200 m to 2500 m (Sanborn, 1952; Thomas,
1898).
STATUS—Uncertain;
may be moderately common (PNM specimens).
COMMENTS—Included
within the genus Chrotomys by Corbet and Hill (1992).
NOTE ADDED IN 2005--Documented in transitional montane-mossy and mossy forest at 1,800-2,150 m elevation in Balbalasang, Kalinga Province (Heaney et al. 2004)
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