Apomys camiguinensis

Heaney & Tabaranza, 2006

Camiguin Forest Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Hydromyini
Genus : Apomys
Subgenus : Apomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Heaney, L.R. and Tabaranza, B.R., Jr. 2006. A new species of forest mouse, genus Apomys (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae), from Camiguin Island, Philippines. Fieldiana Zoology 106:14-27.

Original name as described

Apomys camiguinensis

Other common names

Camiguin Apomys

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:167878

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Barangay Kital-is, Sagay Municipality, 2 km N, 62 kw W Mahinog, 1000 m elevation, Camiguin Province, Camiguin Island. 9°9.5'N, 124°43.5'E."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Heaney, L. R., & Tabaranza, B. R. (2006). A new species of forest mouse, genus Apomys (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae), from Camiguin Island, Philippines. Fieldiana Zoology, 106, 14-27.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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