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Chrotomys whiteheadi (Luzon striped rat)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Luzon striped rat (Chrotomys whiteheadi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
7
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.32
EDGE Score: 1.2
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  152 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Herbivore
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  30 %
Diet - Plants [2]  70 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Snout to Vent Length [1]  7 inches (18 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Indo-Burma Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam No
Philippines Philippines Yes
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand No

Predators

Elanus caeruleus (Black-winged Kite)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ancistronema coronatum <Unverified Name>[4]
Cyclodontostomum purvisi[4]
Gryphopsylla hopkinsi[5]
Lentistivalius vomerus[5]
Maxomystrongylus yasumai[4]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 5International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0