The Celebes shrew-rat (''Crunomys celebensis'') is a species of
rodent in the family
Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
The name Muridae come ...
. It is found only in
Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
,
Indonesia. Its natural
habitat is subtropical or tropical dry
forests. It is threatened by
habitat loss.
References
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Crunomys
Rodents of Sulawesi
Mammals described in 1982
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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