Northern Luzon giant cloud rat  (Phloeomys pallidus)

While this species is widespread and reported to be locally abundant (3) (5), the stability of populations of this cloud rat is threatened by the destruction of forests and hunting (4). Vast swathes of forest in the Philippines have been subject to commercial logging and clearing fro agriculture (8), and this species, along with other cloud rats of the Philippines, is intensively hunted by local people for food (5).

This species is legally protected from hunting, except by indigenous people using traditional methods. Giant cloud rats occur in several national parks and other protected areas (3).