Southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Phloeomys cumingi
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Philippines

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat endangered?

The southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat?

The southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat (Phloeomys cumingi) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Phloeomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat

The southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat or southern Luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys cumingi), also known as bugkon in Filipino, is a vulnerable species of rodent in the family Muridae, found only in southern Luzon in the Philippines. It is dark brown, occasionally with some reddish, but lacking the light-coloured sections usually seen in its close relative, the northern Luzon giant cloud rat (P. pallidus). The southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat is a large rodent that has a total length of about 67–75 cm (26–30 in) and weighs 1.45–2.1 kg (3.2–4.6 lb).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat (revision 1315293829), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1767498 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).