Ilin Crateromys
Crateromys paulus Musser & Gordon, 1981
Also calledCrateromys d’llin (fra) · Ilinnevelrat (nld) · ilinpörrörotta (fin) · krysa ilinská (ces) · llin-Borkenratte (deu) · obłocznik leśny (pol) · Миндорская крыса (rus) · ミンドロフサオクモネズミ (jpn)
First described in: J. Mammal. vol.62 p.515
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Still represented only by the holotype. The species is probably extinct on Ilin (Pritchard, 1989), but people living on nearby Mindoro Isl report an animal resembling C. paulus living in lowland forest (Oliver et al., 1993).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Greater Mindoro Faunal Region in the Philippines. Known only from the type locality.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Philippines, Mindoro Occidental Province, Ilin Isl.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Philippines, Mindoro Occidental Prov., Ilin Isl.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438817.