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Crateromys

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Crateromys
Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys schadenbergi)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Phloeomyini
Genus: Crateromys
Thomas, 1895
Type species
Phloeomys schadenbergi
Species

Crateromys australis
Crateromys heaneyi
Crateromys paulus
Crateromys schadenbergi

Crateromys is a genus of rodent, native to the Philippines, in the family Muridae.[1] It contains four species extant species, and one extinct species.

References

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  1. ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1310–1311. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Ochoa, Janine; Mijares, Armand S B; Piper, Philip J; Reyes, Marian C; Heaney, Lawrence R (2021-04-23). "Three new extinct species from the endemic Philippine cloud rat radiation (Rodentia, Muridae, Phloeomyini)". Journal of Mammalogy (gyab023). doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyab023. ISSN 0022-2372.