Luzon Aurora forest mouse
Appearance
(Redirected from Apomys aurorae)
Luzon Aurora forest mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Apomys |
Species: | A. aurorae
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Binomial name | |
Apomys aurorae | |
The Aurora forest mouse (Apomys aurorae) is a small murine endemic to Mt. Mingan in Luzon, Philippines.[1]
Status
[edit]The Apomys aurorae is associated with montane and mossy forest in the Mingan Mountains, habitats that are not currently under threat.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.