Philippines wood mice

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Philippines wood mice
Great Mindoro Wood Mouse (Apomys gracilirostris)

Great Mindoro Wood Mouse ( Apomys gracilirostris )

Systematics
Superfamily : Mice-like (Muroidea)
Family : Long-tailed mice (Muridae)
Subfamily : Old World Mice (Murinae)
Tribe : Hydromyini
Chrotomys group
Genre : Philippines wood mice
Scientific name
Apomys
Mearns , 1905

The Philippines wood mice ( Apomys ) are a genus of rodents from the group of old world mice (Murinae). The genus includes 19 species.

features

They are small, mouse-like animals. They reach a head body length of 8 to 14 centimeters, a tail length of 8 to 18 centimeters and a weight of 20 to 50 grams. The soft, dense fur is brownish on the top and light gray or whitish on the underside. The tail is sparsely hairy, the muzzle is elongated.

Habitat and way of life

These animals live in the Philippines , their habitat are mountainous forests at 300 to 2800 meters above sea level. They are nocturnal and mostly live on the ground, their diet consists of both plant material and small animals.

species

19 species are known:

Systematics

The genus Apomys is systematically considered to be part of the Chrotomys group , a radiation of old world mice that only lives in the Philippines. The four species on the island of Mindoro form an endemic clade belonging to the subgenus Megapomys .

status

The IUCN lists A. camiguinensis as "endangered" ( vulnerable ) and A. insignis as "low risk" ( near threatened ). Too little data are available for A. abrae , A, gracilirostris , A. littoralis and A. sacobianus ; the other four species are not endangered.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Lawrence R. Heaney, Christopher C. Kyriazis, Danilo S. Balete, Scott J. Steppan, Eric A. Rickart. How small an island? Speciation by endemic mammals ( Apomys , Muridae) on an oceanic Philippine island. Journal of Biogeography, 2018; DOI: 10.1111 / jbi.13352

Web links

Commons : Apomys  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Apomys on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved October 8, 2009.