Carpomys melanurus Thomas, 1895 (1898?)
Greater dwarf cloud rat, Large Luzon carpomys, Short-footed Luzon tree rat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1895 (Martin et al., 2023); 1896?
Rediscovered in 24 April 2008
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Distribution
Luzon, Philippines
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Heaney, L., Balete, D., Rosell-Ambal, G., Tabaranza, B. & Ong, P. (2008). Carpomys melanurus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 13 December 2013.
Martin, Thomas E., Bennett, Gareth C., Fairbairn, Andrew J. and Mooers, A. Ø. (2023). ‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications. Animal Conservation 26(1): 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12788 [Appendix S2 (1617 taxa not seen >10 years); Appendix S3 (562 taxa not seen >50 years)]
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]
Thomas, O. (1898). On the mammals obtained by Mr John Whitehead during his recent expedition to the Philippines. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 14: 377-412.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/fm-dcr050108.php
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/11066/carpomys-melanurus