Crunomys suncoides Rickart, Heaney, Tabaranza, Jr., and Balete 1998

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 suncoides Rickart, Heaney, Tabaranza, Jr., and Balete 1998

Crunomys suncoides Rickart, Heaney, Tabaranza, Jr., and Balete 1998 , Fieldiana Zool., n. s., 89: 8.

Type Locality: Philippines, Mindanao Isl, Bukidnon Province, 18.5 km S, 4 km E Camp Phillips, 2250 m, 08°09'N, 124°51'E.

Vernacular Names: Katanglad Shrew Mouse.

Distribution: Greater Mindanao Faunal Region. Known only from the type locality but may occur elsewhere on Mindanao in primary tropical upper montane rainforest ( Rickart et al., 1998).

Discussion: Recorded only by the holotype. On Mt Katanglad, the montane C. suncoides is separated by about 700 m from the upper altitudinal range limits of C. melanius , which also occurs elsewhere in lowlands near sea level ( Rickart et al., 1998). Standard karyotype (2n = FN = 36) substantially different from any other Philippine Old Endemic ( Rickart et al., 1998; Rickart and Heaney, 2002).