Mindoro striped rat

The Mindoro striped rat, Chrotomys mindorensis, is a rodent of the family Muridae found only in the Philippines, on the islands of Mindoro and Luzon. Remington Kellogg first described it in 1945 as a subspecies of Chrotomys whiteheadi, and Guy Musser, Linda Gordon and Helmut Sommer raised it to a full species in 1982; the type locality lies south-southeast of San Jose on Mindoro. It is larger than the other species of its genus, with a head and body 155 to 186 millimetres long and a tail of 99 to 123 millimetres. Many individuals have black or dark brown stripes along the back with a yellow stripe down the spine, over a pale yellowish buff body, and its fur is thinner and paler and its molars notably larger than those of C. whiteheadi. It lives in forest and nearby farmland from 30 to 2,025 metres, eats earthworms among other food, and is rated Least Concern by the IUCN because of its large range, probably large population and tolerance of disturbed habitat.