Crateromys heaneyi

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	MURIDAE

Scientific Name:

Crateromys heaneyi

Species Authority:

Gonzales & Kennedy, 1996

Common Name/s:

English

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Panay Crateromys, Panay Bushy-tailed Cloud Rat, Panay Cloud Runner

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered B1ab(i,ii,iii) ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Heaney, L., Balete, D., Rosell-Ambal, G., Tabaranza, B., Ong, P. & Widmann, P.

Reviewer/s:

Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
Listed as Endangered, because its extent of occurrence of less than 5,000 km², its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is a continuing decline in the extent and quality of its forest habitat.

History:

1996	–	Endangered
1994	–	Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is endemic to the Philippines where is found only in the Greater Negros-Panay Faunal Region (Heaney et al. 1999) on Panay island perhaps up to 400 m. However, local people suggest that the species occurs up to a much higher altitude (W. Oliver pers. comm.).
Countries:	Native: Philippines
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Population [top]

Population:	The abundance and population size of this species are not known.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This is a strictly arboreal and forest dependent species. It has been collected from lowland tropical primary and secondary evergreen rainforest formations (Gonzales and Kennedy 1996; Schweigert 1998). It may also occur in higher elevation forests based on many reports from local people (W. Oliver pers. comm.).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The species is severely impacted by habitat destruction on Panay (Gonzales and Kennedy 1996; Oliver et al. 1993), particularly so in the lowland areas, due to illegal logging and agricultural encroachment. There is a low level of hunting pressure. The species range may have been restricted further to upland areas only.

Major Threat(s):

The species is severely impacted by habitat destruction on Panay (Gonzales and Kennedy 1996; Oliver et al. 1993), particularly so in the lowland areas, due to illegal logging and agricultural encroachment. There is a low level of hunting pressure. The species range may have been restricted further to upland areas only.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There is a successful captive breeding project in place in Mar-it Conservation Park in Lambunao on Panay, numbering 45 individuals in 2005. There are also captive populations outside of the Philippines (for example in London Zoo). Habitat protection and restoration urgently needed, a proposal for a protected area has was put forward in 1987 but little progress has been made. Population surveys are required.

Conservation Actions:

There is a successful captive breeding project in place in Mar-it Conservation Park in Lambunao on Panay, numbering 45 individuals in 2005. There are also captive populations outside of the Philippines (for example in London Zoo). Habitat protection and restoration urgently needed, a proposal for a protected area has was put forward in 1987 but little progress has been made. Population surveys are required.

Citation:	Heaney, L., Balete, D., Rosell-Ambal, G., Tabaranza, B., Ong, P. & Widmann, P. 2008. Crateromys heaneyi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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