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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is currently known only from single records from Namti in northern Myanmar (Musser and Newcomb 1983), and from western Nepal (Musser and Carleton 1993), and from two locations in northern India (Bihar and Manipur; Agrawal 2000). It has an altitudinal range of 1,000 to 2,000 m asl.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
India; Myanmar; Nepal
Estimated area of occupancy (AOO) - km2: 11-500
Lower elevation limit (metres): 1000
Upper elevation limit (metres): 2000
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Population [top]
Population: Little is known about the population of this species. It has been collected very infrequently and in widely separated areas (Musser and Carleton 2005).
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
?Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This burrowing species occurs in tropical evergreen, temperate broad leaved, moist deciduous forest. It is unclear whether it is restricted to forest habitats or can also be found in fields.
Systems: Terrestrial
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): The major threats to the species are unknown.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: It is not known whether it occurs in any protected areas. This species is in need of further survey work to determine its distribution range, population status and threats. It is listed in the Schedule V (considered as vermin) of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Citation: Aplin, K., Helgen, K., Musser, G. & Molur, S. 2008. Diomys crumpi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T6622A12790824. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T6622A12790824.en. Downloaded on 27 April 2016.
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