Mount Pulag Tree Mouse
Musseromys beneficus Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Veluz & Jansa, 2014
Also calledMount-Pulag-Bergwaldmaus (deu) · Rat du Pulag (fra)
First described in: Heaney, Lawrence R., Danilo S. Balete, Eric A. Rickart, Maria Josefa Veluz, and Sharon A. Jansa. (2014). Three New Species of Musseromys (Muridae, Rodentia), the Endemic Philippine Tree Mouse from Luzon Island. American Museum Novitates, No. 3802.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. Mount Pulag Tree Mice are arboreal and probably nocturnal.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Captured on the ground on a branch covered in moss, in montane forest at 2695 m. The forest contained oaks, laurels, myrtles, and coniferous podocarps c. 7 — 12 m high, with epiphytic moss, ferns, orchids, and canopy vines.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Muridae
breeding
Breeding. Two females, with a single uterine scar and the other a young adult with an imperforated, ware captured in April, as well as an adult scrotal male.
Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 7873551.