Crateromys
Genus of rodents
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Crateromys is a genus of rodent, native to the Philippines, in the family Muridae.[1] It contains four extant species, and one extinct species.
- Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys australis)
- Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys schadenbergi)
- Panay bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys heaneyi)
- Ilin Island bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys paulus)
- †Sierra Madre bushy-tailed cloud rat Crateromys ballik[2]
| Crateromys | |
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| Crateromys heaneyi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Tribe: | Phloeomyini |
| Genus: | Crateromys Thomas, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Phloeomys schadenbergi | |
| Species | |
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Crateromys australis | |
