Katanglad shrew-mouse

Katanglad shrew-mouse
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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]

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]

Notes and references

1. Kennerley, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Crunomys suncoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T29458A115168894. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T29458A22448365.en . Retrieved 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]

Further reading

• Fur-mites of the family Atopomelidae (Acari: Astigmata) parasitic on Philippine mammals: systematics, phylogeny, and host-parasite relationships.
• bioone.org
• ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
• eol.org

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.