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Crateromys

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Genus: Crateromys
Species: C. australis - C. paulus - C. heaneyi - C. schadenbergi

Name

Crateromys Thomas, 1895

References

* Crateromys on Mammal Species of the World.
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder

Type species: Phloeomys schadenbergi Meyer, 1895

Crateromys is a genus of rodent, native to the Philippines, in the Muridae family. It contains four species:

* Dinagat Bushy-Tailed Cloud Rat (Crateromys australis)
* Giant Bushy-Tailed Cloud Rat (Crateromys schadenbergi)
* Panay Cloudrunner (Crateromys heaneyi)
* Ilin Island Cloudrunner (Crateromys paulus)

References

* Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

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