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Crateromys
australis
Musser, Heaney, and Rabor, 1985. Amer. Mus. Novit., 2821:3.
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ORDER—RODENTIA
FAMILY—Muridae
COMMON NAME—Dinagat
hairy-tailed cloud rat.
DISTRIBUTION—Known
only from a single specimen from Dinagat Island (Musser et al., 1985;
Oliver et al., 1993a).
HABITAT—Poorly
known; apparently from lowland forest.
STATUS—Unknown;
geographically restricted. This species is probably badly affected by
deforestation (Oliver et al., 1993a).
IUCN: Endangered.
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(photograph by
T. Weinstein)
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