Biology:Phloeomys
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Short description: Genus of rodents
| Phloeomys | |
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| Northern Luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Phloeomyini |
| Genus: | Phloeomys Waterhouse, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Mus (Phloeomys) cumingi[1] | |
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Phloeomys cumingi | |
Phloeomys, the slender-tailed cloud rats, is a genus of large rodents in the family Muridae. Both species in this genus are endemic to the island of Luzon in the Philippines . Although their tail is covered by hairs, it is considerably less dense and shorter than in the rarer bushy-tailed cloud rats (genus Crateromys) that also inhabit the Philippines.[2]
Species
Phloeomys contains two species,[1] but the taxonomic limits between them are not fully resolved.[3]
- Southern Luzon giant (or slender-tailed) cloud rat (Phloeomys cumingi)
- Northern Luzon giant (or slender-tailed) cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus)
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1437-1438. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001661.
- ↑ Oliver (1993). "Cloud rats in the Philippines — preliminary report on distribution and status". Oryx 27: 41–48. doi:10.1017/s0030605300023942.
- ↑ Heaney, L.; Balete, D.; Ong, P. (2016). "Phloeomys pallidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T17004A22454049. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T17004A22454049.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17004/22454049. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q498699 entry
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