Apomys musculus

G. S. Miller, 1910

Least Philippine 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

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1910-08-19. Descriptions of two new genera and sixteen new species of mammals from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 38(1757):391-404.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7616065

Original name as described

Apomys musculus

Other common names

Least Forest Mouse · Least Philippine Apomys

Type material

USNM:MAMM:145770

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/347f09164-ebc2-4032-8adc-f8c98aa7e270

Type locality

"Camp John Hay, Baguio, Benguet, Luzon (altitude 5000 ft [= 1524 m])," Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003144

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 musculus

G. S. Miller, 1910

Family

Muridae

Root name

musculus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:145770

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/347f09164-ebc2-4032-8adc-f8c98aa7e270

Authority page

403

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7616065

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Miller (1910:403, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7616065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15164)
  2. Hollister (1912:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34354186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15163)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:575) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #1915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #1915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1915/22431898) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rattus musculus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

musculus

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)

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