Apodemus witherbyi
(O. Thomas, 1902)
Steppe 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
Thomas, O. 1902-12-01. On five new mammals from Arabia and Persia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)10(60):487-491.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19339299Original name as described
Mus sylvaticus Witherbyi
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1902.10.1.14
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ffc0d12a-6e79-4b47-8825-8d149ff79c4aType locality
Shul, Fars Province, Iran.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Ukraine · Russia · Greece · Turkey · Syria · Lebanon · Israel · Jordan · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Iran · Turkmenistan
Taxonomy notes
includes the recently described avicennicus; a recent molecular study suggested splitting of Apodemus into three genera: Apodemus, Alsomys, and Sylvaemus (including A. witherbyi under the name arianus without comment, which is considered a synonym of A. flavicollis); 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
Darvish, J., Javidkar, M., & Siahsarvie, R. (2006). A new species of wood mouse of the genus Apodemus (Rodentia, Muridae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East, 38(1), 5-16. · Darvish, J., Mohammadi, Z., Ghorbani, F., Mahmoudi, A., & Dubey, S. (2015). Phylogenetic relationships of Apodemus Kaup, 1829 (Rodentia: Muridae) species in the Eastern Mediterranean inferred from mitochondrial DNA, with emphasis on Iranian species. Journal of mammalian evolution, 22(4), 583-595.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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