Carpomys melanurus

O. Thomas, 1895

Black-tailed Dwarf Cloud Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1895-08-01. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals from Northern Luzon, collected by Mr. John Whitehead. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)16(92):160-164.

Original name as described

Carpomys melanurus

Other common names

Large Luzon Carpomys · Short-footed Luzon Tree Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1895.8.2.12

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mt. Data, Luzon Island, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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