Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1922-10-01. On mammals from the Yunnan highlands collected by Mr. George Forrest and presented to the British Museum by Col. Stephenson R. Clarke, D.S.O. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)10(58):391-406.

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Original name as described

Apodemus ilex

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1922.9.1.122

Type kind

holotype

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Type locality

Salween–Mekong divide (28° 20' N), Yunnan, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Myanmar · India

Taxonomy notes

split from A. draco; a recent molecular study suggested splitting of Apodemus into three genera: Apodemus, Alsomys (including A. ilex), and Sylvaemus; 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

Ge, D., Feijó, A., Cheng, J., Lu, L., Liu, R., Abramov, A. V., ... & Yang, Q. (2019). Evolutionary history of field mice (Murinae: Apodemus), with emphasis on morphological variation among species in China and description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 187(2), 518-534. · 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

Not Evaluated

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