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''Crunomys'' 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 ...
in the family Muridae 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 ...
and Sulawesi. It contains the following species: * Celebes shrew-rat (''Crunomys celebensis'') * Northern Luzon shrew-rat (''Crunomys fallax'') * Mindanao shrew-rat (''Crunomys melanius'') * Katanglad shrew-mouse (''Crunomys suncoides'')


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Rodent genera Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Crunomys ''Crunomys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae native to the Philippines and Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest islan ...
Rodents of the Philippines {{Murinae-stub