Northern Luzon Phloeomys
Phloeomys pallidus Nehring, 1890
Also calledBlekbarkrotte (nob) · Luzonkjemperotte (nob) · Molnråtta (swe) · Nordliche Riesenborkenratte (deu) · Nördliche Luzon-Riesenborkenratte (deu) · Rat-tacheté de Nehring (fra) · Ratto delle nuvole gigante settentrionale (ita) · krysa obláčková (ces) · pörröjättirotta (fin) · sierściogon dżunglowy (pol) · Северная тонкохвостая крыса (rus) · ウスイロホソオクモネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin p.106
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Standard karyotype (2 n = 40, FN = 60) described by Jotterand-Bellomo and Schauenberg, 1988, as P. cumingi); a minimum of two Robertsonian and three non-Robertsonian events separate karyotypes of the two Phloeomys (Rickart and Musser, 1993). This species is becoming common in zoos.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Greater Luzon Faunal Region. Endemic to N and C Luzon; widespread in primary and secondary tropical forests from sea level to at least 2000 m (see Oliver et al. [1993] and Heaney et al. [1998], and references cited therein).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
activity
Activity patterns. Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rats are nocturnal and arboreal. They forage in trees and onthe ground, and nest in hollow trees and logs.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Primary and secondary lowland, montane, and mossy forest, and heavily disturbed scrub. Sometimes found in suburban areas with dense vegetation. It occurs from sea level up to ¢. 2300 m.
Muridae
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Phloeomys pallidus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438569.