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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Crateromys
SPECIES Crateromys heaneyi
| Author: | Gonzales and Kennedy, 1996. | | Citation: | J. Mammal., 76: 26. | | Common Name: | Panay Crateromys | | Type Locality: | Philippines, W Panay Isl, Antique Province, San Remigio Municipality, Barangay Maytawis, SW side of greater Mt Baloy, 11°01'N, 122°14'E. | | Distribution: | Greater Negros-Panay Faunal Region in the Philippines. Endemic to Panay Isl in lowland tropical primary and secondary evergreen rainforest formations (Gonzales and Kennedy, 1996; Schweigert, 1998). | | Status: | IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | Schweigert (1998) provided distributional and ecological notes. Morphological features indicate a closer relationship to C. schadenbergi than to other species of Crateromys (Gonzales and Kennedy, 1996; Musser’s study of specimens). |
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