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Southern Luzon Phloeomys

Phloeomys cumingi

Classification

Family
Muridae

The southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat or southern Luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys cumingi), also known as bugkon in Filipino, is a vulnerable species of rodent in the family Muridae, found only in southern Luzon in the Philippines. It is dark brown, occasionally with some reddish, but lacking the light-coloured sections usually seen in its close relative, the northern Luzon giant cloud rat (P. pallidus).

Distribution

(c) Jaroslav Vogeltanz, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA
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