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Phloeomys
Sign in to savePhloeomys, the slender-tailed cloud rats, is a genus of large rodents in the family Muridae. Both species in this genus are endemic to the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Although their tail is covered by hairs, it is considerably less dense and shorter than in the rarer bushy-tailed cloud rats (genus Crateromys) that also inhabit the Philippines.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyMuridae
雲鼠屬（Phloeomys），哺乳綱、囓齒目、鼠科的一屬，而與雲鼠屬（雲鼠）同科的動物尚有猴足鼠屬（猴足鼠）、芒鼠屬（窪地芒鼠）、溝齒澤鼠屬（溝齒澤鼠）、弗洛雷斯長鼻鼠屬（弗洛雷斯長鼻鼠）等之數種哺乳動物。
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Phloeomys, the slender-tailed cloud rats, is a genus of large rodents in the family Muridae. Both species in this genus are endemic to the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Although their tail is covered by hairs, it is considerably less dense and shorter than in the rarer bushy-tailed cloud rats (genus Crateromys) that also inhabit the Philippines.
==Species== Phloeomys contains two species, but the taxonomic limits between them are not fully resolved. Southern Luzon giant (or slender-tailed) cloud rat (Phloeomys cumingi) Northern Luzon giant (or slender-tailed) cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus)