Northern Luzon giant cloud rat

The northern Luzon giant cloud rat, Phloeomys pallidus, also called the northern Luzon slender-tailed cloud rat and known as bu-ot in Filipino, is a large rodent of the family Muridae found only on Luzon in the Philippines. It weighs 1.9 to 2.6 kilograms and measures 75 to 77 centimetres including its tail, with long pelage that varies in colour but is usually pale brown-grey or white with dark patches, often with a black mask and collar. It lives from sea level up to 2,200 metres, is nocturnal and feeds on various types of vegetation. Pairs often live with one or two dependent young and give birth in hollow tree boles or ground burrows. It is hunted for food in the Sierra Madre and can damage rice crops, yet it remains common and widespread. Its size keeps it out of traditional small-mammal traps, which has limited research on the species.