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Tarsomys
echinatus
Musser
and Heaney, 1992. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 211:33.
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ORDER—RODENTIA
FAMILY—Muridae
COMMON NAME—Mindanao
spiny rat.
DISTRIBUTION—Known
only from Mindanao (Bukidnon [Musser, 1994], South Cotabato [DMNH] provinces).
HABITAT—Poorly
known. Apparently restricted to lowland forest.
STATUS—Uncertain.
Probably formerly widespread in lowland forest on Mindanao, but may now
be greatly affected by habitat destruction. IUCN:
Vulnerable
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