Apomys gracilirostris

Ruedas, 1995

Large Mindoro 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 : Megapomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ruedas, L.A. 1995. Description of a new large-bodied species of Apomys Mearns, 1905 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae) from Mindoro Island, Philippines. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(2):302-318.

Original name as described

Apomys gracilirostris

Other common names

Large Mindoro Apomys

Type material

NMPh 3482

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Philippines: Mindoro Island; Mindoro Occidental Province; Municipality of San Teodoro, North Ridge approach to Mount Halcon, ca. 1580 m; ca. 13°16'48'N, 121°59'19"E."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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