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Batomys
salomonseni
(Sanborn, 1953).
Vidensk. Medd. Dan. Naturhist. Foren., 115:287.
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ORDER—RODENTIA
FAMILY—Muridae
COMMON NAME—Mindanao
hairy-tailed rat.
DISTRIBUTION— Mindanao Faunal Region; records from Biliran (USNM),
Leyte (USNM), Mindanao [Bukidnon (FMNH)].
HABITAT—On Leyte, common in montane and ridgetop mossy primary forest
from 700 m to 950 m, uncommon at 500 m in lowland forest on Leyte (Heaney
et al., 1989; Rickart et al., 1993); on Mt. Kitanglad, Mindanao, moderately
common in montane and mossy forest from 1600 m to 2375 m (Heaney et al.,
in prep.).
STATUS—
Probably widespread and common in primary montane and mossy forest.
COMMENT—Mindanaomys is considered
to be a synonym of Batomys (Musser and Heaney, 1992).
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(photo by P. Heideman)
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