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.
- Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys australis)
- Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys schadenbergi)
- Panay cloudrunner (Crateromys heaneyi)
- Ilin Island cloudrunner (Crateromys paulus)
- †Crateromys ballik[2]
| Crateromys | |
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| Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys schadenbergi) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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Crateromys australis | |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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