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 melanius
Thomas 1907
Crunomys melanius
Thomas 1907
,
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907: 141
.
Type Locality:
Philippines
, Mindanao Isl,
Davao Province
, Mt Apo,
3000 ft
(
915 m
).
Vernacular Names:
Mindanao Shrew Mouse
.
Synonyms:
Crunomys rabori
Musser 1982
.
Distribution:
Greater Mindanao Faunal
Region
on islands of Mindanao and
Leyte
; also on
Camiguin
Isl; altitudinal range, near sea level to
1550 m
(
Rickart et al., 1998
;
Heaney et al., 1998
).
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
The taxon
rabori
was shown to be an old adult example of
C. melanius
(
Rickart et al., 1998
)
, as
Musser (1982
c
)
suspected.