Crateromys

Crateromys
Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys schadenbergi)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Tribe:	Phloeomyini
Genus:	Crateromys Thomas, 1895
Type species
Phloeomys schadenbergi
Species
Crateromys australis Crateromys heaneyi Crateromys paulus Crateromys schadenbergi

Crateromys is a genus of rodent, native to the Philippines, in the family Muridae.^[1] It contains four species extant species, and one extinct species.

• Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys australis)
• Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys schadenbergi)
• Panay bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys heaneyi)
• Ilin Island bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys paulus)
• †Sierra Madre bushy-tailed cloud rat Crateromys ballik^[2]

References

1. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1310–1311. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. Ochoa, Janine; Mijares, Armand S B; Piper, Philip J; Reyes, Marian C; Heaney, Lawrence R (2021-04-23). "Three new extinct species from the endemic Philippine cloud rat radiation (Rodentia, Muridae, Phloeomyini)". Journal of Mammalogy (gyab023). doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyab023. ISSN 0022-2372.