Celebes shrew-rat

The Celebes shrew-rat (Crunomys celebensis) is a small rodent in the family Muridae that is found only on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is known from very few specimens collected in the mountain valley of Danau Lindu and the upper drainage of the Sungai Miu in the Kulawi region of Central Sulawesi, and the type locality lies near Tomado at about 1,067 metres. Its natural habitat is forest, from lowland evergreen rainforest and wet streamside forest to mountain forest between roughly 800 and 1,600 metres, and it is threatened by habitat loss. It is a dark-furred terrestrial animal about 115 to 127 millimetres long from head to rump with a tail of 80 to 84 millimetres, weighing roughly 35 to 55 grams, with dark chestnut fur above and slightly paler brown below. Stomach contents have held plant matter, insects and other arthropods. It differs markedly from the Philippine members of its genus. The IUCN Red List category recorded by GBIF is Near Threatened.