Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1911-10-24. Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., F.Z.8., read a paper on Mammals collected in the Provinces of Sze-chwan and Yunnan, W. China. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 100:48-50.

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Original name as described

Apodemus speciosus latronum

Other common names

Sichuan Field Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.2.1.156

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Type locality

Tatsienlu, W Sechuan, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Myanmar · China

Taxonomy notes

a recent molecular study suggested splitting of Apodemus into three genera: Apodemus, Alsomys (including A. latronum), 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

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

Least Concern

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