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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is known only from its type locality at Mt. Cetaceo, Cagayan Province, Luzon, Philippines and the Balbalasang region of Kalinga Province (Rickart and Heaney 2002).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Philippines
Additional data:
? Lower elevation limit (metres): 1500
? Upper elevation limit (metres): 1650
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Population [top]
Population: The species is known only from the holotype and one subsequent survey in 2005 that found six individuals. Surveys at lower elevations did not find the species (D. Balete, M. Duya, and P. Alviola pers. comm.) .
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This species occurs in mossy montane forest (Danielsen et al. 1994) from 1,500 to 1,650 m (D. Balete, M. Duya, and P. Alviola pers. comm.).
Systems: Terrestrial
Generation Length (years): 1-2
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): There are no major threats at the known locality, which is a very remote and unpopulated area (Rickart et al. 1998).
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: Currently, this species known range is within Penablanca Protected Landscape, but population surveys are needed in high elevation mossy forest in northern Sierra Madre mountains to verify whether or not the distribution extends over this region (Rickart et al. 1998).
Citation: Balete, D.S., Alviola, P.A. & Duya, M. 2017. Soricomys musseri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T29459A22449892. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T29459A22449892.en. Downloaded on 21 November 2018.
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