Ward wood mouse

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Ward wood mouse
Systematics
Superfamily : Mice-like (Muroidea)
Family : Long-tailed mice (Muridae)
Subfamily : Old World Mice (Murinae)
Tribe : Apodemini
Genre : Wood mice ( Apodemus )
Type : Ward wood mouse
Scientific name
Apodemus pallipes
( Barrett-Hamilton , 1900)

The Ward wood mouse ( Apodemus pallipes ) is a species of mammal belonging to the genus of wood mice ( Apodemus ) within rodents (Rodentia). It lives mainly in the Pamir to the Hindu Kush and the Himalayas in Central and South Asia.

features

The Ward wood mouse reaches a head-trunk length of 7.2 to 11.0 centimeters and a tail length of 7.0 to 11.0 centimeters. The rear foot length is 19 to 22 millimeters and the ear length 14 to 18 millimeters. The back fur is pale sand-brown to dark brown-gray. The belly side is grayish-white and well set off from the back side. The tail is about as long as the rest of the body, it is brown on top and whitish gray on the underside. The tops of the fore and hind feet are pale sand-brown. The skull has a length of 27 to 28.5 millimeters. Over-eye bulges as in other species are not present in this species and are also not indicated. The species is similar to the dwarf wood mouse ( Apodemus uralensis ), but is slightly larger and a bit brownier in the back fur while the undersides are whiter.

distribution

The Ward wood mouse lives in Central and South Asia and is found mainly in the Pamir to the Hindu Kush and the Himalayas . The distribution area extends from southern Kyrgyzstan over parts of Tajikistan to Afghanistan and northern Pakistan , north-eastern India and Nepal . In the People's Republic of China, there is a single record in the southwest of Xizang .

Way of life

The Ward wood mouse lives mainly in coniferous forests and rhododendron stocks at altitudes of around 1500 to 4000 meters, with most of the finds above around 2450 meters.

Systematics

The Ward wood mouse is classified as an independent species within the wood mice (genus Apodemus ), which consists of 20 species and is distributed over large parts of Europe and Asia. The first scientific description was made by Gerald Edwin Hamilton Barrett-Hamilton in 1900, who described the species on the basis of individuals from the Altai Pamirs in eastern Tajikistan. He described it as a subspecies of the wood mouse (today Apodemus sylvaticus ), then as Mus sylvaticus pallipes . Later it was temporarily assigned to the dwarf wood mouse ( Apodemus uralensis ), but is now considered a separate species.

Hazard and protection

The species is listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) as not endangered (least concern). This is justified by the large distribution area and the assumed large populations of the species. There are no known risks to the species.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Himalayan Field Mouse In: Andrew T. Smith, Yan Xie: A Guide to the Mammals of China. 2008, p. 255.
  2. ↑ a b Apodemus pallipes ( Memento from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). In: 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 .
  3. ↑ Apodemus pallipes in the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN 2015-4. Posted by: S. Molur, 2008. Retrieved December 22, 2015.

literature

  • Himalayan Field Mouse In: Andrew T. Smith, Yan Xie: A Guide to the Mammals of China. 2008, p. 255.

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