Authority citation

Barrett-Hamilton, G.E.H. 1900-08. On geographical and individual variation in _Mus sylvaticus_ and its allies. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900(2):387-428.

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Original name as described

Mus sylvaticus pallipes

Other common names

Ward's Field Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1875.8.17.6

Type kind

holotype

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Type locality

Surhad Wakhan, Pamir Altai, E Tajikistan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Afghanistan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Pakistan · China · India · Nepal

Taxonomy notes

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