Cloud Rats Archives - Philippine Wildlife Art

Black-tailed dwarf cloud rat

Filipeanut — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 10:13:38 +0000

High up in the forests of the Cordillera, a small mammal hugs a mossy branch: the Black-tailed dwarf cloud rat! It is also known as the Greater dwarf cloud rat, written above in the artwork in Baybayin as “Malaking bulilit ng daga ng ulap”. It is likely most active at night (nocturnal) like its smaller […]

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Mt. Amuyao Tree-mouse

Filipeanut — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 03:22:14 +0000

Say hello to a little Mt. Amuyao Tree-mouse, Musseromys inopinatus! (But quietly, it’s sleeping) It is named after Mt. Amuyao where it was found, near the heart of the Cordillera mountain range. It is one of four species of tree-mouse that are considered the smallest of all cloud rats. This includes the Mt. Banahaw tree-mouse, […]

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Brown-tailed dwarf cloud rat

Filipeanut — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 03:00:27 +0000

Climb a tree with a Brown-tailed dwarf cloud rat or Carpomys phaeurus! It can be found in the Central Cordillera, where it is likely active at night or nocturnal, and lives most of its life in the trees (Heaney, Balete, et al. 2016). It also has an extinct larger cousin, whose remains were found in […]

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Mt. Banahaw Tree-mouse

Filipeanut — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 09:57:58 +0000

Mice and rats tend to be seen as dirty pests that live in and around our waste or homes. But did you know that our country has a cute native mouse that lives only in certain forests? If you love trees, you’ll also love the tree-mouse… the Mt. Banahaw Tree-mouse! Unlike Mickey Mouse, the Mt. […]

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Mt. Isarog hairy-tailed rat

Filipeanut — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 05:55:42 +0000

There is a special kind of cloud rat with a hairy tail that lives in the country’s most volcanically-active area 1. In fact it can only be found on one single mountain there 2, and it is the Mt. Isarog hairy-tailed rat. When these cloud rats were studied, some of them were found on very […]

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Large-toothed batomys

Filipeanut — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 22:40:29 +0000

Meet the Large-toothed batomys! It lives in the trees, high on the mountain tops. The only one ever found was discovered 2,100 meters high in the town of Atok in Benguet 1. Scientists call it “large-toothed” because when compared to its Batomys cousins on other mountains, it has the biggest molars 2. It lives in […]

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Ylin Island Cloud Rat

Filipeanut — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 22:29:07 +0000

We all know about the 7,000 + islands of the Philippines. But each island continues to hold mysteries and surprises that have yet to be understood. One of them is the *Ylin Island Cloud Rat or Crateromys paulus. Scientists first knew of its existence from one single individual found in the 1950’s. But it was […]

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Sierra Madre Tree-mouse

Filipeanut — Wed, 22 May 2019 14:02:14 +0000

Near the center of the Philippines’ longest mountain range lives the Sierra Madre Tree-mouse! It lives high on Mount Anacuao, which is where it gets its’ scientific name: Musseromys anacuao. Only three of them have ever been collected at a height of 1,725 meters or 5,700 feet in the sky! However scientists recommend that more […]

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Mt. Pulag Tree-mouse

Filipeanut — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 15:12:13 +0000

The Mt. Pulag Tree-mouse (Musseromys beneficus) is one of the smallest of all cloud rats, and can only be found on Mt. Pulag. But there is a chance it also lives in other areas in the southern Cordillera 1. It has rusty-brown fur with a large head compared to its body, and really long whiskers. […]

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