Crunomys celebensis Musser 1982

Crunomys celebensis Musser 1982, Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 174: 16.

Type Locality: Indonesia, C Sulawesi, near Tomado, 3500 ft (1067 m).

Vernacular Names: Sulawesi Shrew Mouse.

Distribution: C Sulawesi; known only from tropical lowland evergreen rainforest formations in mountain valley of Danau Lindu and upper drainage of Sungai Miu in the Kulawi region.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: A small-bodied, dark-furred terrestrial insectivore recorded by only three specimens. Morphologically very distinct from Philippine species of Crunomys, and without close relatives on Sulawesi except for possibly Sommeromys, another Sulawesian endemic (Musser, 1982 c; Musser and Durden, 2002). Spermatozoal morphology distinctive (Breed and Musser, 1991), but unrevealing in assessing phylogenetic relationships. Compared with Philippine species of Crunomys by Rickart et al. (1998); morphology reviewed and contrasted with Sommeromys by Musser and Durden (2002; see that account).