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Chrotomys gonzalesi
Rickart and Heaney, 1991. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 104:389.
ORDER—RODENTIA
FAMILY—Muridae
COMMON NAME—Isarog
striped shrew-rat.
DISTRIBUTION—Known
only from Mt. Isarog, southern Luzon (FMNH).
HABITAT—Occurs
in montane and mossy forest, ca. 1350 m and above, on Mt. Isarog (Balete
& Heaney, in press; Heaney et al., in press; Rickart and Heaney, 1991;
Rickart et al., 1991).
STATUS—Population
stable but highly restricted in distribution, threatened by habitat destruction.
IUCN: Critically endangered.
©2002 (photo by
E. Rickart)
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