Tarsomys echinatus Musser and Heaney 1992

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1507

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DOI

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scientific name

Tarsomys echinatus Musser and Heaney 1992
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Tarsomys echinatus Musser and Heaney 1992 View in CoL

Tarsomys echinatus Musser and Heaney 1992 View in CoL , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 138: 33.

Type Locality: Philippines, S Mindanao, South Cotabato Province, Mt Matutum, Tupi, Balisong, 2700-3700 ft (823-1128 m).

Vernacular Names: Spiny Tarsomys.

Distribution: Greater Mindanao Faunal Region. Endemic to tropical lowland evergreen rainforests on Mindanao and known only from the vicinity of type locality and Mt Katanglad in Bukidnon Province ( Heaney et al., 1998; Musser, 1994); probably occurs elsewhere on Mindanao where lowland forest formations persist.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: This distinctive species is replaced at higher elevations by T. apoensis in the region of Mt Katangland.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Tarsomys

Loc

Tarsomys echinatus Musser and Heaney 1992

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Tarsomys echinatus

Musser and Heaney 1992: 33
1992
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