Apomys lubangensis

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

Lubang 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) lubangensis

Other common names

Lubang Apomys

Type material

NMPh 4487

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Philippine Islands: Lubang Island, Mindoro Occidental Province: Looc Municipality: Barangay Burol: Sitio Bubuyog, 13°48'N, 120°7.8'E."

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/1003140

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) lubangensis

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

lubangensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMPh 4487

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

405

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 #100000017) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000017) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/112139517/112139520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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