Fig. 80. Ridge-top forest between 1600 and 1700 m in A Systematic Review Of Sulawesi Bunomys (Muridae, Murinae) With The Description Of Two New Species

Fig. 80. Ridge-top forest between 1600 and 1700 m on Gunung Kanino (in 1975) dominated by Tristania sp. (with the whitish bark) and species of Eugenia, especially E. cuprea; pandans (Pandanus sp.) are common, as are two species of Vaccinium—one a canopy former, the other in the understory—and rattan is abundant; the fern Dipteris blankets open spaces. Canopy is 50–60 ft high with the occasional chestnut or oak, which have small trunks here, emerging to about 70 ft. Tristania bark appears white from a distance but up close is actually streaked with gray, tan, rusty pink, and pale orange. Around the bottoms of some trunks are piles of pandan debris and sloughed Tristania bark, forming mounds 1–3 ft high and 3–5 ft wide that provide excellent cover for Bunomys penitus.