Tarsomys echinatus Musser and Heaney 1992

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 : 1507

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11335652
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scientific name	Tarsomys echinatus Musser and Heaney 1992
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Tarsomys echinatus Musser and Heaney 1992 View in CoL

Tarsomys echinatus Musser and Heaney 1992 View in CoL , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 138: 33.

Type Locality: Philippines, S Mindanao, South Cotabato Province, Mt Matutum, Tupi, Balisong, 2700-3700 ft (823-1128 m).

Vernacular Names: Spiny Tarsomys.

Distribution: Greater Mindanao Faunal Region. Endemic to tropical lowland evergreen rainforests on Mindanao and known only from the vicinity of type locality and Mt Katanglad in Bukidnon Province ( Heaney et al., 1998; Musser, 1994); probably occurs elsewhere on Mindanao where lowland forest formations persist.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: This distinctive species is replaced at higher elevations by T. apoensis in the region of Mt Katangland.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae
SubFamily	Murinae
Genus	Tarsomys