Chiropodomys calamianensis Taylor 1934

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 : 1302

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11334473
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scientific name	Chiropodomys calamianensis Taylor 1934
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Chiropodomys calamianensis Taylor 1934 View in CoL

Chiropodomys calamianensis Taylor 1934 View in CoL , Monogr. Bur. Sci. Manila, Vol. 30: 470.

Type Locality: Philippines, Calamian Isls, Busuanga Isl, Minuit, sea level.

Vernacular Names: Palawan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse.

Distribution: Endemic to Greater Palawan Faunal Region on islands Busuanga, Balabac, and Palawan (politically part of the Philippines but faunistically an extension of the Sunda Shelf).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Originally described as the type species of Insulaemus ( Taylor, 1934) . In morphology and geographic continuity, C. calamianensis is most closely related to C. major of mainland Borneo (Musser, 1979). Chiropodomys calamianensis joins Maxomys panglima and Palawanomys furvus as the only recorded murines endemic to the Greater Palawan Faunal Region.