Crunomys melanius Thomas 1907

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 : 1313

Crunomys melanius Thomas 1907

Crunomys melanius Thomas 1907 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907: 141.

Type Locality: Philippines, Mindanao Isl, Davao Province, Mt Apo, 3000 ft (915 m).

Vernacular Names: Mindanao Shrew Mouse.

Synonyms: Crunomys rabori Musser 1982 .

Distribution: Greater Mindanao Faunal Region on islands of Mindanao and Leyte; also on Camiguin Isl; altitudinal range, near sea level to 1550 m ( Rickart et al., 1998; Heaney et al., 1998).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: The taxon rabori was shown to be an old adult example of C. melanius ( Rickart et al., 1998) , as Musser (1982 c) suspected.