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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Phloeomys
SPECIES Phloeomys cumingi
| Author: | Waterhouse, 1839. | | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1839: 108. | | Common Name: | Southern Luzon Phloeomys | | Type Locality: | Philippines, Luzon Isl. | | Distribution: | Greater Luzon Faunal Region on S Luzon, Marinduque, and Catanduanes Isls (Heaney et al., 1991, 1998; Musser and Heaney, 1992; Oliver et al., 1993). | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Sometimes considered conspecific with P. pallidus, but P. cumingi is a distinct species (Corbet and Hill, 1992; Musser and Heaney, 1992; Thomas, 1898b). Standard karyotype (2n = 44, FN = 66) reported by Rickart and Musser (1993), G-banding pattern described by Rickart and Heaney (2002). Elevational and ecological summary for S Luzon population provided by Heaney et al. (1999). |
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