Luzon Aurora forest mouse

Luzon Aurora forest mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Apomys
Species:
A. aurorae
Binomial name
Apomys aurorae
Heaney, Balete, Alviola, Duya, Veluz, VandeVrede & Steppan, 2011[1]

The Aurora forest mouse (Apomys aurorae) is a small murine endemic to Mt. Mingan in Luzon, Philippines.[1]

Status

The Apomys aurorae is associated with montane and mossy forest in the Mingan Mountains, habitats that are not currently under threat.


References

  1. ^ a b Heaney, L.R.; Balete, D.S.; Veluz, M.J.; Steppan, S.J.; Esseltyn, J.A.; Pfeiffer, A.W.; Rickart, E.A. (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 (4): 395–413. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.395. S2CID 49347286.


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