Apomys
| Apomys Temporal range: Recent | |
|---|---|
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| Apomys gracilirostris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Apomys Mearns, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Apomys hylocetes Mearns, 1905 | |
| Species | |
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Apomys abrae | |
Apomys, commonly known as earthworm mice, is a genus of rodent endemic to the Philippines. Mice belonging to this genus are generally called Philippine forest mice and can be found on most islands of the Philippines except in Palawan, the Sulu Archipelago, and the Batanes and Babuyan group of islands.
Apomys mice weigh from 18g to 128g. The tail is longer or nearly equal the length of the head and body. The soft and thick fur of these mice is darker on the back while the front fur is paler, often nearly white with a moderate orange yellow wash. The hind feet are moderately long and narrow, have six plantar pads, and have digits 2–4 notably longer than digit 5 and the hallux. All species have two pairs of inguinal mammae.[1]
Species
Seventeen species are known:[2][3][1][4]
- Luzon Cordillera forest mouse, Apomys abrae Sanborn, 1952
- Apomys aurorae Heaney, balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011
- Apomys banahao Heaney, balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011
- Apomys brownorum Heaney, balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011
- Camiguin forest mouse, Apomys camiguinensis Heaney & Tabaranza, 2006
- Luzon montane forest mouse, Apomys datae Meyer, 1899
- Large Mindoro forest mouse, Apomys gracilirostris Ruedas, 1995
- Mount Apo forest mouse, Apomys hylocoetes Mearns, 1905
- Mindanao montane forest mouse, Apomys insignis Mearns, 1905
- Apomys iridensis Heaney, Balete, Veluz, Steppan, Esseltyn, Pfeiffer & Rickart, 2014
- Mindanao lowland forest mouse, Apomys littoralis Sanborn, 1952
- Apomys lubangensis Heaney, Balete, Veluz, Steppan, Esseltyn, Pfeiffer & Rickart, 2014
- Apomys magnus Heaney, balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011
- Small Luzon forest mouse, Apomys microdon Hollister, 1913
- Apomys minganensis Heaney, balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011
- Least forest mouse, Apomys musculus Miller, 1911
- Long-nosed Luzon forest mouse, Apomys sacobianus Johnson, 1962
- Apomys sierrae Heaney, balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011
- Apomys zambalensis Heaney, balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011
References
- 1 2 Heaney, L; Balete D; Rickart E; Alviola P; Duya M; Duya M; Veluz M; VandeVrede L; Steppan S (2011). "Seven New Species and a New Subgenus of Forest Mice (Rodentia: Muridae: Apomys) from Luzon Island". Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences. doi:10.3158/2158-5520-2.1.1. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ↑ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Heaney, L.R.; Tabaranza B.R., Jr. (2006). "A new species of forest mouse, genus Apomys (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae), from Camiguin Island, Philippines". Fieldiana Zoology. 106: 14–27. doi:10.3158/0015-0754(2006)106[14:ansofm]2.0.co;2.
- ↑ Heaney, L.R.; Balete, D.S.; Veluz, M.J.; Steppan, S.J.; Esseltyn, J.A.; Pfeiffer, A.W.; Rickart, E.A. (2014). "Two new species of Philippine forest mice (Apomys, Muridae, Rodentia) from Lubang and Luzon Islands, with a redescription of Apomys sacobianus Johnson, 1962". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 126 (4): 395–413. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.395.