Phloeomys

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.[1]

Phloeomys
Temporal range: Recent
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Northern Luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Phloeomys
Waterhouse, 1839
Species

Phloeomys cumingi
Phloeomys pallidus

Species

Phloeomys contains two species,[2] but the taxonomic limits between them are not fully resolved.[3]

References
  1. Oliver; et al. (1993). "Cloud rats in the Philippines — preliminary report on distribution and status". Oryx. 27: 41–48. doi:10.1017/s0030605300023942.
  2. 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. 1437–1438. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. Heaney, L.; Balete, D. & Ong, P. (2016). "Phloeomys pallidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2020.


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