Apodemus hyrcanicus
Vorontsov, Boyeskorov, & Mezhzherin in Vorontsov, Boyeskorov, Mezhzherin, Lyapunova, & Kandaurov, 1992
Hyrcanian Field Mouse
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Rodentia |
Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
Superfamily | : Muroidea |
Family | : Muridae |
Subfamily | : Murinae |
Tribe | : Apodemini |
Genus | : Apodemus |
Species status
Authority citation
Vorontsov, N.N., Boyeskorov, G.G., Mezhzherin, S.V., Lyapunova, Ye.A. and Kandaurov, A.S. 1992. Систематика лесных мышей подрода Sylvaemus Кавказа (Mammalia, Rodentia, Apodemus). Зоологический Журнал 71(3):119-131.
Authority publication link
https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/pdf/ap_hyrcanicus.pdfOriginal name as described
Apodemus (Sylvaemus) hyrcanicus
Other common names
Caucasian Field Mouse · Talysh Field Mouse
Type material
ZMMU S-153372
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-153372Type locality
Hirkauski Reserve, 450 m, Caucasus, Azerbaidjan.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Azerbaijan · Iran · Turkmenistan?
Taxonomy notes
a recent molecular study suggested splitting of Apodemus into three genera: Apodemus, Alsomys, and Sylvaemus (including A. hyrcanicus); this revision was based on phylogenies created using cytochrome b sequences that show Apodemus sensu lato as monophyletic, but the three proposed genera as paraphyletic with each other; the authors supported the revision with the deep divergence time between the various clades; however, given that the genus is already monophyletic and that the proposed genera are not reciprocally monophyletic, Apodemus is retained as a single genus here pending more integrative taxonomic research
Taxonomy notes citation
Mezhzherin, S., & Tereshchenko, V. (2023). Taxonomic Hierarchy and Evolutionary Scenario of the Genus Group Apodemus sl (Muridae) of the Palearctic based of Genetic Differentiation in the cyt-b Gene. Zoodiversity, 57(1), 1-12.
IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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