Northern Luzon Shrew Rat
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| Northern Luzon Shrew Rat | |
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| The upper rodent is the Northern Luzon Shrew Rat | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Crunomys |
| Species: | C. fallax |
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| Crunomys fallax Thomas, 1897 |
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The Northern Luzon Shrew Rat (Crunomys fallax) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Crunomys fallax. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
- Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
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