Panay Crateromys

Crateromys heaneyi est une espèce de rongeurs de la sous-famille des Murinés. Elle est endémique des forêts pluviales de Negros et Panay, aux Philippines. Description Les spécimens adultes analysés mesuraient entre 320 et 337 mm (tête + corps) et avaient une queue mesurant entre 303 et 383 mm.

The Panay cloudrunner (Crateromys heaneyi) is the second-largest cloud rat, a squirrel-like rodent that is found on the island of Panay in the Philippines. It is the most endangered rodent species in Panay, and one of few known cloud rat species in the world. Discovery The Panay cloudrunner was discovered by western science in 1987, and was described as a new species in 1996 by Robert Kennedy of the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and Pedro Gonzales of the National Museum of the Philippines.

Crateromys heaneyi es una especie de roedor de la familia Muridae. Distribución geográfica Son endémicos de la isla de Panay en las Filipinas. Referencias Heaney, L.