Crunomys wattsi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Rattini
Genus: Crunomys
Species: Crunomys wattsi

Crunomys wattsi (Musser, 1991)

Holotype: MZB 12155, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by C.H.S. Watts on 12 March 1980.
Type locality: “Tambusisi Damar, on the slopes of Gunung Tambusisi (1°38'S, 121°23'E), 4700 ft [=1432 m], in central Sulawesi”, Indonesia.

Musser, G.G. 1991. Sulawesi rodents (Muridae, Murinae): descriptions of new species of Bunomys and Maxomys. American Museum Novitates 3001: 1–41. hdl: 2246/5085 Reference page.
Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H.H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. & Esselstyn, J.A. 2025. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy 106(4): 832–858. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaf006 Reference page.

Clayton, E. 2016. IUCN: Crunomys wattsi (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T12906A22455568. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T12906A22455568.en. Accessed on 17 March 2026.