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Crateromys schadenbergi

(Meyer, 1895). Abh. Mus. Dresden, 6:1.


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ORDER—RODENTIA
FAMILY—Muridae

COMMON NAME—Luzon bushy-tailed cloud rat.

DISTRIBUTION—
Known only from Benguet, Ifugao, and Mountain provinces, Luzon (FMNH; Oliver et al., 1993; Sanborn, 1952).

HABITAT—From 2000 m to 2500 m in pine and mossy forest in the Central Cordillera (Rabor, 1955; Sanborn, 1952).

STATUS—
Apparently locally common in oak-pine forest, rare elsewhere; hunted. IUCN: Vulnerable.

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