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Crateromys
paulus
Musser and Gordon, 1981. J. Mammal., 62:515.
ORDER—RODENTIA
FAMILY—Muridae
COMMON NAME—Ilin
hairy-tailed cloud rat.
DISTRIBUTION—Known
with certainty only from Ilin Island (south of Mindoro; USNM), but unverified
reports suggest its presence on southern Mindoro (Oliver et al., 1993a).
HABITAT—Unknown;
probably lowland forest (Musser & Gordon, 1981).
STATUS—Uncertain;
geographically extremely restricted (Heaney and Utzurrum, 1991). Reported
extinct on Ilin (Pritchard, 1989). Unverified reports indicate its possible
occurence on Mindoro (Oliver, 1994; Oliver et al., 1993a). IUCN: Critically
endangered.
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