Biology:Short-footed Luzon tree rat
From HandWiki
Short description: Species of rodent
| Short-footed Luzon tree rat | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Carpomys |
| Species: | C. melanurus
|
| Binomial name | |
| Carpomys melanurus Thomas, 1895
| |
| |
The short-footed Luzon tree rat or greater dwarf cloud rat (Carpomys melanurus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] It is found only in the Philippines , specifically in northern Luzon. Its natural habitat is tropical moist montane forests.[1]
This species was long thought to be extinct. In 2008, Filipino researchers including Dr. Danilo Balete found a specimen in the canopy of Mount Pulag National Park, the first scientifically observed individual of the species since 1896.[3] The captured individual was "about 185 grams and has dense soft reddish-brown fur, a black mask around large dark eyes, small rounded ears, a broad and blunt snout and a long tail covered with dark hair".[3]
References
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carpomys melanurus. |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Heaney, L.; Balete, D.; Rosell-Ambal, G.; Tabaranza, B.; Ong, P. (2008). "Carpomys melanurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2008: e.T3917A10172176. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T3917A10172176.en.
- ↑ 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. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001271.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Mammal believed extinct found in mossy forest". CBC News. 2008-05-02. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/05/02/rat.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q306616 entry
 |  |
