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Dwarf Cloud Rat Illustration

Caption: This illustration of the greater dwarf cloud rat (Carpomys melanurus) was published in 1898 as part of the formal description of the then new species. That description was based on the only other sighting of the mammal in 1896.

Credit: Thomas, Oldfield. “On the Mammals obtained by Mr. John Whitehead during his recent Expedition to the Philippines.” Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 14 (1898):377-412.

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