Tateomys macrocercus 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 : 1508

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scientific name	Tateomys macrocercus Musser 1982
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Tateomys macrocercus Musser 1982 , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 174: 64.

Type Locality: Indonesia, C Sulawesi, Gunung Nokilalaki , 7500 ft (2286 m).

Vernacular Names: Long-tailed Sulawesian Shrew Rat.

Distribution: Known only between 1980 and 2286 m in tropical upper montane rain forest on Gunung Nokilalaki , but probably occurs in other mountainous regions of C Sulawesi.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Stomach morphology of T. macrocercus , which is scansorial, nocturnal, and vermivorous, described and compared with the arboreal and insectivorous Sommeromys and other Sulawesian endemics by Musser and Durden (2002).