Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
1189
1531
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Crunomys fallax
Thomas 1897
Crunomys fallax
Thomas 1897
,
Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond., 14: 394
.
Type Locality:
Philippines
, NC Luzon Isl,
Isabella Province
, Sierra Madre Range,
1000 ft
(
305 m
).
Vernacular Names:
Luzon Shrew Mouse
.
Distribution:
Greater Luzon Faunal
Region
. Known only from the type locality.
Conservation:
IUCN
– Critically Endangered.
Discussion:
Recorded only by the
holotype
. Morphologically more similar to the Philippine
C. melanius
and
C. suncoides
than to the Sulawesian
C. celebensis
(
Musser, 1982
c
;
Rickart et al., 1998
). Two specimens reported as
C. fallax
by
Danielsen et al. (1994)
and
Mallari and Jensen (1993)
that were trapped in mossy forest in the Sierra Madre Range are actually
Archboldomys musseri
(
Rickart et al., 1998:22
)
.