Crunomys celebensis Musser 1982

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1313

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).