Philippines wood mice
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Great Mindoro Wood Mouse ( Apomys gracilirostris ) |
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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:
- The Cordillera wood mouse ( Apomys abrae ) lives in northern Luzon .
- The aurora-Philippines wood mouse ( Apomys aurorae ) is found on Luzon.
- Apomys banahao occurs on Luzon.
- Apomys brownorum occurs on Luzon.
- Apomys camiguinensis was only described in 2006 and isendemicto Camiguin .
- The northern Luzon wood mouse ( Apomys datae ) lives in northern Luzon.
- The great Mindoro wood mouse ( Apomys gracilirostris ) lives on the island of Mindoro .
- The Apo wood mouse ( Apomys hylocoetes ) occurs on Mindanao .
- The Mindanao mountain forest mouse ( Apomys insignis ) also inhabits Mindanao.
- Apomys iridensis occurs on Luzon.
- The Mindanao lowland wood mouse ( Apomys littoralis ) also lives on Mindanao.
- Apomys lubangensis occurs only on Lubang .
- Apomys magnus occurs on Luzon.
- The Luzon Wood Mouse ( Apomys microdon ), a small species, is native to Luzon.
- Apomys minganensis occurs on Luzon.
- The little Philippines wood mouse ( Apomys musculus ) occurs on several islands in the northern Philippines.
- The long-nosed Luzon wood mouse ( Apomys sacobianus ) lives on Luzon.
- Apomys sierrae occurs in the Sierra Madre in eastern Luzon.
- Apomys zambalensis occurs on Luzon.
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
- Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World. 2 volumes. 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD et al. 1999, ISBN 0-8018-5789-9 .
- Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic Reference. 2 volumes. 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 .
- Lawrence R. Heaney, Blas R. Tabaranza Jr .: A new species of forest mouse, genus Apomys (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae), from Camiguin Island, Philippines. In: Fieldiana Zoology. NS Vol. 106, April 2006, ISSN 0015-0754 , pp. 14-27, doi : 10.3158 / 0015-0754 (2006) 106 [14: ANSOFM] 2.0.CO; 2 .
- Heaney, LR Balete, DS, Veluz, MJ, Steppan, SJ, Esselstyn, JA, Pfeiffer, AW & Rickart, EA 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: 395-413
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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