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--> GENUS Crunomys
SPECIES Crunomys suncoides
Author: | Rickart, Heaney, Tabaranza, Jr., and Balete, 1998. | Citation: | Fieldiana Zool., ns, 89: 8. | Common Name: | Katanglad Shrew Mouse | Type Locality: | Philippines, Mindanao Isl, Bukidnon Province, 18.5 km S, 4 km E Camp Phillips, 2250 m, 08°09'N, 124°51'E. | Distribution: | Greater Mindanao Faunal Region. Known only from the type locality but may occur elsewhere on Mindanao in primary tropical upper montane rainforest (Rickart et al., 1998). | Comments: | Recorded only by the holotype. On Mt Katanglad, the montane C. suncoides is separated by about 700 m from the upper altitudinal range limits of C. melanius, which also occurs elsewhere in lowlands near sea level (Rickart et al., 1998). Standard karyotype (2n = FN = 36) substantially different from any other Philippine Old Endemic (Rickart et al., 1998; Rickart and Heaney, 2002). |
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