''Crateromys'' is a genus of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...

, native to the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

, in the family Muridae. It contains four species extant species, and one extinct species. * Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat (''Crateromys australis'') *

Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat The giant bushy-tailed cloud rat or Luzon bushy-tailed cloud rat (''Crateromys schadenbergi'') is a large, endangered species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is only found in pine and mossy forest at altitudes of in the Central Cordillera ...

(''Crateromys schadenbergi'') * Panay cloudrunner (''Crateromys heaneyi'') *

Ilin Island cloudrunner The Ilin Island cloudrunner (''Crateromys paulus'') is a critically endangered cloud rat from Ilin Island in the Philippines. It is called ''siyang'' by the Taubuwid Mangyan. It is a fluffy-coated, bushy-tailed rat and may have emerged from tre ...

(''Crateromys paulus'') *'' Crateromys ballik''

References

Rodents of the Philippines Rodent genera Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Crateromys {{Murinae-stub