Chrotomys gonzalesi

Rickart & Heaney, 1991

Isarog Striped Shrew Rat

Side view, part of tail not in view.  Also as Isarog Chrotomys|Isarog Striped Rat|Mount Isarog Striped Rat.
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Location:Philippines, Luzon, Mount IsarogDate taken:Jan 1, 1988

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1249

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Hydromyini
Genus : Chrotomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rickart, E.A. and Heaney, L.R. 1991-06-18. A new species of Chrotomys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Luzon Island, Philippines. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 104(2):387-398.

Original name as described

Chrotomys gonzalesi

Other common names

Isarog Chrotomys · Isarog Striped Rat · Mount Isarog Striped Rat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:458952

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Western slope of Mount Isarog, 4 km N, 21 km E Naga, Camarines Sur Province, Luzon Island, Philippines, 1350 m elevation, 13°40'N, 123°22'E."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

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