Crateromys paulus Musser and Gordon 1981

Crateromys paulus Musser and Gordon 1981, J. Mammal., 62: 515.

Type Locality: Philippines, Mindoro Occidental Province, Ilin Isl.

Vernacular Names: Ilin Crateromys.

Distribution: Greater Mindoro Faunal Region in the Philippines. Known only from the type locality.

Conservation: IUCN – Critically Endangered.

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).