#Luzon giant cloud rats

[crowonarooftop]

North Luzon Giant Cloud Rat

Truly gorgeous, very cute, they are actually very big,

Also tried to get some pictures of bats but none of them turned out well.

[internetdruid]

🥚 i cast spell of please may i have a rat <3

northern Luzon giant cloud rat! (Phloeomys pallidus)

[moonmothmama]

ok so we went to the bronx zoo again today, its been a hot second, and yeah wednesday is free day but it was practically deserted

the only place that was even moderately crowded was the cafe

and like yeah it's cold out and some of the exhibits are closed/quiet because of the weather but it was still cool as hell. highlights include walking into the house of birds and the yellow and blue macaw hollering "HELLO! HI! HELLO!" and also the elephant shrew (i love that SNOOT) and sleepy sea lions taking naps while floating and as always the Luzon bleeding heart dove (there are so many pretty pigeons and doves) and also the Luzon giant cloud rat- the thing's the size of a cat??? i wanted to hug it.

the bear exhibit was closed and so was the sea bird aviary and monorail but such is life. it's november

[ask-cardi-c]

im back, im delusional and im :)

rats..

what is your favourite breed of rats?

mine is either rex rat or northern luzon giant cloud rat, i love rats.

❤️ Rats ❤️

My favourite breed is the dumbo rat! Look at their big ears.

Tortellini and Rigatoni, my rattinos, are standard rats. But I would like some Dumbos and Silkies once I can afford to support more rats.

[rodentcompetition]

Rodent Competition 2023

Round 1

full list below!

Long-tailed chinchilla / Southern viscacha

Common degu / Horned gopher

Common gundi / Guinea pig

Josephoartigasia monesi / Pacarana

Patagonian mara / South African springhare

Spix's yellow-toothed cavy / Capybara

Central american agouti / Lowland paca

Laotian rock rat / Dassie rat

Least chipmunk / Eastern chipmunk

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel / California ground squirrel

Japanese dwarf flying squirrel / Tufted pygmy squirrel

Calabrian black squirrel / Red squirrel

Indian giant squirrel / Red and white giant flying squirrel

Yellow-bellied marmot / Groundhog

Cape mole-rat / Cape dune mole-rat

Naked mole rat / Big headed African mole rat

House mouse / Mongolian gerbil

Black rat / Brown rat

Rakali / Gambian pouched rat

Northern Luzon giant cloud rat / Maned rat

Cairo spiny mouse / Eurasian harvest mouse

Hungarian birch mouse / Striped grass mouse

Great jerboa / Baluchistan pygmy jerboa

Hazel dormouse / Kangaroo rat

Grasshopper mouse / Winter white dwarf hamster

Hatt's vesper rat / Syrian hamster

Norway lemming / Florida Mouse

European water vole / Townsend’s vole

Northern mole vole / Muskrat

Bristle-spined rat / Mountain beaver

North American beaver / Palaeocastor

Crested porcupine / North American porcupine

[millarelester]

Mt. Pulag National Park

 Philippines

Date of Submission: 16/05/2006

Criteria: (ix)(x)

Category: Natural

Submitted by:

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) - Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau

State, Province or Region:

Benguet, Ifugao, and Nueva Vizcaya Provinces

Coordinates: N16 30 36 E120 50 20

Ref.: 5030

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Description

Mt. Pulag National Park lies on the north and south spine of the Grand Cordillera Central that stretches from Pasaleng, Ilocos Norte to the Cordillera Provinces. It falls within the administrative jurisdiction of two (2) Regions: Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and Cagayan Valley (R2).

The whole park is located within the Philippine Cordillera Mountain Range and is very rugged, characterized by steep to very steep slopes at the mountainsides and generally rolling areas at the mountain peak. Mt. Pulag National Park is the highest peak in Luzon and is the second highest mountain in the Philippines with an elevation of 2,922 m. above sea level.

The summit of Mt. Pulag is covered with grass and dwarf bamboo plants. At lower elevations, the mountainside has a mossy forest veiled with fog, and full of ferns, lichens and moss. Below this is the pine forest growing on barren, rocky slopes. Falls, rivers and small lakes mark the area.

The Park has a large diversity of flora and fauna, many of which are endemic to the mountain. Its wildlife includes threatened mammals such as the Philippine Brown Deer, Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat and the Luzon Pygmy Fruit Bat.  One can also find several orchid species some of which are possibly endemic to Mt. Pulag, and other rare flora such as the pitcher plant.

Mt. Pulag is an important watershed providing the water necessities of many stakeholders for domestic and industrial use, irrigation, hydroelectric power production and aquaculture.

[kaelio]

Lestat: lion

Louis: binturong

Claudia: black footed cat

Armand: dhole

Gabrielle: leopard seal

Maharet and Mekare: jaguars

Akasha: elephant

Khayman: yak

Marius: giraffe

Pandora: sable antelope

Daniel: dusty leaf monkey

Jesse: orangutan

Mael: badger

Nicolas: black swan

Thorne: polar bear

Santino: sigh. I mean. you have to say rat. Like it's insane if you don't say rat. But I don't want to say rat here. it's so perfunctory. But anything else is a lie. Northern Luzon giant cloud rat

dracula turns into a black dog. carmilla turns into a black cat. so,, which one would iwtv characters turn into??

lestat: definitely a dog. obviously

louis: i'm feeling cat

armand: also a cat probably

claudia: a dog. but a little puppy that barks all the time at the bigger ones

[filipeanut]

My first simple animation for @philippinewildlifeart!

This one is a dancing Yutyut or Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat. They look like big squirrel pandas! They are fluffy so they can survive the cold mountain tops called “Cloud Forests.”

[antiqueanimals]

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, vol. 11, Mammals II. 1972.

1.) Luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys cumingi)

2.) Montane African climbing mouse (Dendromus insignis)

3.) Fat mouse (Steatomys pratensis)

4.) Link rat (Deomys ferrugineus)

5.) Southern African vlei rat (Otomys irroratus)

6.) Mount Data shrew-rat (Rhynchomys soricoides)

7.) Rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster)

[karasratworld]

I know I haven’t posted here in forever but here’s a Cloud Rat celebration for you ❤️❤️ Happy birthday Yzma! At 11 she is quite old but is still as sassy as ever and she loved her rodent chow/banana cake drizzled with honey and crushed peanuts 🥰

[saritawolff]

Hijacking this post to show off my favorite species of rat: Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rats

They’re like What If A Panda Bear Was A Rat And Also The Size Of A Bunny

whats your favorite species of rat :3

The ones we have not found yet. For they are secret rats.

[mirtapersonal]

some zoo friends from the Zagreb zoo. Every time I visit the zoo, I am overwhelmed with the beauty and variety of animal life. A kind of sensory overload, too much cool stuff all at once

(Latin names in the captions): Chinese crocodile lizard, Western pygmy marmoset (the smallest primate), Northern Luzon giant cloud rat (amazing name, amazing creature), a gecko but I forgot which one exactly, Ocellaris clownfish, Solomon Islands skink

[bunjywunjy]

May i ask for a giant cloud rat fact? I love their little faces

this probably won't be a surprise for an animal with "giant" right there in its name, but Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rats are FUCKIN HUGE. like, bigger-than-most-cats size!

these enormous fluffy critters live mostly in trees, but are happy to come down to steal unattended food or bother your dog.

in their homeland they're mostly considered a nocturnal pest animal, similar to raccoons and possums in North America.

they sure are cute, though :')

[ainawgsd]

Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat

The northern Luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) is a large species of rodent that is endemic to the Luzon Island of the Philippines. Cloud rats (genus Phloeomys) are distinguished from all other murid rodents by their densely furred tails. P. pallidus has long, dense coat that is highly variable in color and pattern. The coat is usually white with a black mask and collar, but can also be entirely white.

This large murid rodent is large, around 5 1/2 pounds, and therefore cannot be captured with standard small mammal traps. This has hindered the ability of researchers to thoroughly study this species. P. pallidus is found in at least 12 provinces of Luzon, the largest and oldest island in the Philippines. P. pallidus is endemic to Luzon, occurring only in the central and northern areas of the island. P. pallidus often live in pairs with one or two dependent young. They give birth in hollow boles of trees (standing or fallen) or in burrows in the ground.

[azvolrien]

A few residents of the Magic Forest, the zoo’s small primate house (that is, a house for small primates, not a small house for primates). It also houses Goeldi’s monkeys and douroucoulis in addition to the pygmy marmosets and cotton-top tamarins shown here, as well as its only non-primate residents, the (somewhat out-of-focus) Northern Luzon giant cloud rats. There are four in the habitat, though I only got a photo of this one.

[animals-exist]

“The northern Luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) is a large species of rodent in the family Muridae that is endemic to the Luzon Island of the Philippines. P. pallidus often live in pairs with one or two dependent young. They give birth in hollow boles of trees (standing or fallen) or in burrows in the ground. The sperm head of P. pallidus has a short apical hook, with the sperm tail attached off-center basally. The tail of a P. pallidus sperm is about 127 µm long. P. pallidus is a highly adaptable species of rodent, as it is able to thrive in extremely degraded habitats. They are often considered pests because they inhabit agricultural land that has replaced natural habitat. P. pallidus is known to cause extensive damage to rice crops.” (Source)