Apomys hylocoetes

Mearns, 1905

Mindanao Mossy 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Mearns, E.A. 1905-05-13. Descriptions of new genera and species of mammals from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28:425-460.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15393072

Original name as described

Apomys hylocœtes

Other common names

Mindanao Apomys · Mount Apo Forest Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:125246

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/374b2d6f8-5709-4802-b774-88d339e8976b

Type locality

"Mount Apo at 6,000 feet altitude [= 1829 m], southern Mindanao, Philippine Islands."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003136

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Apomys petraeus

Mearns, 1905

Family

Muridae

Root name

petraeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:125245

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38b094124-e425-48ac-934e-c1a330730aa7

Authority page

458

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15393074

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Apomys hylocœtes

Mearns, 1905

Family

Muridae

Root name

hylocoetes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:125246

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/374b2d6f8-5709-4802-b774-88d339e8976b

Authority page

456

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15393072

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Rattus hylocoetes

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

hylocoetes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

173

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Rattus petraeus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

petraeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

174

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Apomys hylocoetes

A. J. Poole & Schantz, 1942

Family

Muridae

Root name

hylocoetes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

441

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7843433

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Apomys hylocetes

Musser, 1982

Family

Muridae

Root name

hylocetes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62435550

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #1911) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #1911) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1911/22431549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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