Katanglad shrew-mouse

The Katanglad shrew-mouse (Crunomys suncoides), also known as the Kitanglad shrew-mouse[4] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[5][6][7][8] It is known only from one specimen taken at 2250 m on Mount Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province, Philippines.[9]

Katanglad shrew-mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Crunomys
Species:
C. suncoides
Binomial name
Crunomys suncoides
Rickart, Heaney, Tabaranza & Balete 1998[2][3]

Notes and references
  1. Kennerley, R. 2016. Crunomys suncoides (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T29458A115168894. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T29458A22448365.en. Downloaded on 21 July 2018.
  2. Name – Crunomys suncoides Rickart, Heaney, Tabaranza & Balete 1998. ION: Index to Organism Names. Organismnames.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-28.
  3. Rickart, E. A. & Heaney, L. R. & Tabaranza, B. R. & Balete, D. S. (1998): A review of the genera Crunomys and Archboldomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae), with descriptions of two new species from the Philippines. Fieldiana Zoology no. 89, pp. 1-24, 1998
  4. Heaney, L. & Tabaranza, B. (2008). Crunomys suncoides. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.Downloaded on 28 December 2012.
  5. 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. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  6. Kitanglad Shrew-mouse (Crunomys suncoides) – Information on Kitanglad Shrew-mouse – Encyclopedia of Life. Eol.org (2011-08-30). Retrieved on 2012-12-28.
  7. Name – Crunomys suncoides . ION: Index to Organism Names. Organismnames.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-28.
  8. Crunomys suncoides. Ubio.org (2006-04-13). Retrieved on 2012-12-28.
  9. Crunomys suncoides. fieldmuseum.org

The Katanglad shrew-mouse are mammals with small eyes, slender bodies, long whiskers, and chunky torsos. They prey on earthworms and soil invertebrates.[1]

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  1. Balete. (2012). Archboldomys (Muridae: Murinae) Reconsidered: A New Genus and Three New Species of Shrew Mice from Luzon Island, Philippines. American Museum Novitates., 3754, 1–60.
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