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Bullimus gamay
©2002
ORDER—RODENTIA
FAMILY—Muridae
COMMON NAME—Camiguin
forest rat.
DISTRIBUTION—Camiguin Island only (FMNH).
HABITAT—
Primary montane and mossy forest from 1000 m to 1475 m (Heaney and Tabaranza,
1997).
STATUS—Stable, but very restricted geographically and threatened by logging.
COMMENT—Initially, but incorrectly, identified
as a species of Tarsomys (Heaney & Tabaranza, 1997; Heaney,
et al., 1997).
COMMENT ADDED IN 2004—Described as Bullimus gamay by Rickart et al., 2002.
©2002
(photograph by
L. Heaney)
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