Apomys iridensis

Heaney, Balete, M. J. Veluz, Steppan, Esselstyn, Pfeiffer, & Rickart, 2014

Mount Irid 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

Authority citation

Heaney, L.R., Balete, D.S., Veluz, M.J., Steppan, S.J., Esselstyn, J.A., Pfeiffer, A.W. and Rickart, E.A. 2014-01. Two new species of Philippine forest mice (Apomys, Muridae, Rodentia) from Lubang and Luzon Islands, with a redescription of _Apomys sacobianus_ Johnson, 1962. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126(4):395-413.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.395

Original name as described

Apomys (Megapomys) iridensis

Other common names

Irid Apomys · Southern Sierre Madre Forest Mouse

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:205436

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=90c566ec-c0e6-433c-974f-cedf5a71daaa

Type locality

"Philippine Islands: Luzon Island, Rizal Province, Rodriguez Municipality: 1.25 km S, 0.5 km W Mt. Irid peak, 14.78000°N, 121.321623°E, elev. 920 m."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Heaney, L. R., Balete, D. S., Veluz, M. J., Steppan, S. J., Esselstyn, J. A., Pfeiffer, A. W., & Rickart, E. A. (2014). Two new species of Philippine forest mice (Apomys, Muridae, Rodentia) from Lubang and Luzon Islands, with a redescription of Apomys sacobianus Johnson, 1962. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 126(4), 395-413.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003138

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 (Megapomys) iridensis

Heaney, Balete, M. J. Veluz, Steppan, Esselstyn, Pfeiffer, & Rickart, 2014

Family

Muridae

Root name

iridensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:205436

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=90c566ec-c0e6-433c-974f-cedf5a71daaa

Authority page

408

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000016) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000016) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/112139458/112139479) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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