Ilin Bushy-tailed Cloud Rat Crateromys paulus Musser & Gordon, 1981

Common Names: Puot. The local names given to them are yut-yut (Crateromys) and bu-ut (Phloemys). Category: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED Habitat/Distribution: Unknown; probably lowland forest. Known only with certainty from Ilin Island (south of Mindoro) (WSCP, 1997).  In 1981, scientists described a new species called the Ilin Island cloud rat (C. paulus). It is much smaller than the C. schadenbergi; its tail is shorter than its head and body; and its range was a tiny island off the southwestern tip of Mindoro. MacPhee and Flemming (1999) consider this species to be possibly extinct* Habitat / Behavior: Unknown; geographically extremely restricted Conservation Efforts/Measures: Haribon Foundation Photograph Information: courtesy of the Haribon Foundation, Royer Cox 1996 (c/o William Oliver and FFI)

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