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Chrotomys
mindorensis
Kellogg, 1945.
Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 58:123.
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ORDER—RODENTIA
FAMILY—Muridae
COMMON NAME—Lowland
striped shrew-rat.
DISTRIBUTION—Philippines
only. Recorded from Mindoro (FMNH) and lowland central Luzon [Laguna Province
(USNM)]. Also reported from Luzon [Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, and Tarlac provinces]
(Barbehenn et al., 1973).
HABITAT—Primary
and secondary forest, occasionally in adjacent agricultural areas, from
near sea level to about 500 m (Barbehenn et al., 1973; Kellogg, 1945;
Musser et al., 1981; Rickart & Heaney, 1991).
STATUS—Widespread
in forest, but adversely affected by habitat destruction.
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