The Katanglad shrew-mouse (Crunomys suncoides), also known as the Kitanglad shrew-mouse[4] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[5][6][7][8] It is known only from one specimen taken at 2250 m on Mount Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province, Philippines.[9]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Crunomys |
| Species: | C. suncoides
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| Crunomys suncoides | |
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Notes and references
edit- ^ Kennerley, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Crunomys suncoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T29458A115168894. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T29458A22448365.en. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ Name – Crunomys suncoides Rickart, Heaney, Tabaranza & Balete 1998. ION: Index to Organism Names. Organismnames.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-28.
- ^ Rickart, E. A. & Heaney, L. R. & Tabaranza, B. R. & Balete, D. S. (1998): A review of the genera Crunomys and Archboldomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae), with descriptions of two new species from the Philippines. Fieldiana Zoology no. 89, pp. 1-24, 1998
- ^ Heaney, L. & Tabaranza, B. (2008). Crunomys suncoides. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.Downloaded on 28 December 2012.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Kitanglad Shrew-mouse (Crunomys suncoides) – Information on Kitanglad Shrew-mouse – Encyclopedia of Life. Eol.org (2011-08-30). Retrieved on 2012-12-28.
- ^ Name – Crunomys suncoides . ION: Index to Organism Names. Organismnames.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-28.
- ^ Crunomys suncoides. Ubio.org (2006-04-13). Retrieved on 2012-12-28.
- ^ Crunomys suncoides. fieldmuseum.org
The Katanglad shrew-mouse are mammals with small eyes, slender bodies, long whiskers, and chunky torsos. They prey on earthworms and soil invertebrates.[1]
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- ^ Balete. (2012). Archboldomys (Muridae: Murinae) Reconsidered: A New Genus and Three New Species of Shrew Mice from Luzon Island, Philippines. American Museum Novitates., 3754, 1–60.