Apomys sierrae

Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Alviola, M. R. M. Duya, M. V. Duya, M. J. Veluz, VandeVrede, & Steppan, 2011

Sierra Madre 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., Rickart, E.A., Alviola, P.A., Duya, M.R.M., Duya, M.V., Veluz, M.J., VandeVrede, L. and Steppan, S.J. 2011-05. Seven new species and a new subgenus of forest mice (Rodentia: Muridae: Apomys) from Luzon Island. Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences 2:1-60.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3158/2158-5520-2.1.1

Original name as described

Apomys (Megapomys) sierrae

Other common names

North Sierra Madre Forest Mouse · Sierra Apomys

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:185884

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=53cdc633-32b5-41a9-9d00-c0655f5090bb

Type locality

"Philippines: Luzon [Island]: Cagayan Province: 3.5 km SW Mt. Cetaceo peak, 1400 m elevation, 17.69561°N, 122.01683°E."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Heaney, L. R., Balete, D. S., Rickart, E. A., Alviola, P. A., Duya, M. R. M., Duya, M. V., ... & Steppan, S. J. (2011). Seven new species and a new subgenus of forest mice (Rodentia: Muridae: Apomys) from Luzon Island. Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences, 2, 1-60.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003146

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) sierrae

Heaney, Balete, Rickart, Alviola, M. R. M. Duya, M. V. Duya, M. J. Veluz, VandeVrede, & Steppan, 2011

Family

Muridae

Root name

sierrae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:185884

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=53cdc633-32b5-41a9-9d00-c0655f5090bb

Authority page

34

Authority publication

Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000020) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000020) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45954010/45972991) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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